Several USS Fitzgerald sailors found alive

Several missing USS Fitzgerald sailors found dead in flooded compartment

stripes.com 18 Jun '17, 1am

Several USS Fitzgerald sailors found alive

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A "number of sailors" missing after a collision between the destroyer USS Fitzgerald and a merchant vessel were found dead in a damaged compartment, Navy officials said Sunday. A tweet from Commander Naval Forces Japan said, “Divers were able to access the space and found a number of sailors. None alive. MTF. We will ID sailors after [next-of-kin] notification.” An earlier 7th Fleet statement on Sunday said the sailors had been found and were being transferred to Naval Hospital Yokosuka, but did not state whether they were dead. A later statement clarified that the sailors’ bodies had been found. The sailors were found in a flooded berthing compartment after search-and-rescue crew members gained access to spaces that were damaged during the collision, the 7th Fleet statement said. Several news reports citing unnamed sources have indicated that ...

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@Don1JC » 18 Jun '17, 11am
‘Search and rescue is over’ for missing Fitzgerald sailors, 7th Fleet commander says [link]
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‘Search and rescue is over’ for missing Fitzgerald sailors, 7th Fleet commander says [link]
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‘Search and rescue is over’ for missing Fitzgerald sailors, 7th Fleet commander says [link]
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Several USS Fitzgerald sailors found alive [link]