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U.S. ends search for sailor missing during exercise in South China Sea

The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture following an annual patrol in November. | U.S. NAVY

By Jesse Johnson
Staff Writer

Aug 5, 2017

The U.S. Navy has suspended search operations for a missing sailor believed to have fallen overboard Tuesday from a ship in the South China Sea.

The U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement Friday that after searching for the sailor, Lt. Steven Hopkins, assigned to the Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture-based guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem, the operation had been halted.

Vessels from the Maritime Self-Defense Force had also participated in the search, "demonstrating the common bond shared by all mariners to render assistance at sea," the statement said.

U.S. ends search for sailor missing during exercise in South China Sea

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