A sailor assigned to cruiser ‘USS Lake Erie’ has been declared missing after failing to report for duty. The ship conducted man-overboard procedures but was unable to locate the sailor. The crew also completed multiple extensive searches of the inside of the ship. This comes after the news that the missing Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Currier was declared dead on August 17.
Lake Erie is operating in Southern California with the John C. Stennis Carrier Group Strike Group for training. The cruiser recently returned to Southern California after taking part in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 exercise in Hawaii, and is now supporting the Stennis CSG training.
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The search is ongoing, with ships and helicopters from the strike group and from the US Coast Guard District 11 carrying out search and rescue operations.
This disappearance comes after a similar situation. Namely, Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Currier was reported missing on August 9 while the ship he was deployed on, ‘USS Essex,’ was operating in the Sulu Sea. He was declared dead on August 17, after an extensive search of the Sulu Sea, Mindanao Strait and the Surigao Strait.