The US navy announced that the divers searching for the USS McCain’s missing crew have recovered the remains of one Sailor, confirmed as Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Nine crew men are still unaccounted for.
In addition, after more than 80 hours of multinational search efforts, the U.S. Navy informed that it suspended search and rescue efforts for missing sailors in an approximately 2,100-square mile area east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.
US Navy and Marine Corps divers will continue search and recovery efforts inside flooded compartments in the ship. The incident is still under investigation to determine the facts and circumstances of the collision.
Multinational search efforts included ships and aircraft from the Republic of Singapore Navy, Singapore Air Force, Singapore Maritime Port Authority, Singapore Police Coast Guard, Royal Malaysian Navy, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Indonesian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force.
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Latest update on 25 August: The US Navy informed that divers recovered and identified also the remains of 26-year-old USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Sailor, Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, of Connecticut.
