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GULF OF OMAN - The body of a U.S. Navy sailor reported missing from the USS Halsey (DDG 97) yesterday was recovered today during search and rescue operations in the Gulf of Oman.
On Jan. 18, the sailor did not report to watch and, after a search of the ship, a man overboard was called away.
Helicopters from Halsey, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7), and the Royal Navy's HMS Cumberland, F/A 18 Hornets from the Lincoln and P-3 maritime patrol aircraft participated in the search operations.
The sailor's name is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
The incident is under investigation.
Halsey is deployed to the 5th Fleet conducting maritime security
operations.
| Date Taken: | 01.19.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 01.19.2011 06:40 |
| Story ID: | 63785 |
| Location: | ABOARD USS HALSEY, USAFRICOM, AT SEA |
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