A sailor from cruiser Shiloh went missing Thursday while the ship was underway off the coast of Japan, triggering the second massive search-and-rescue effort for a missing sailor this week.
The sailor was reported missing at around 9:30 p.m. local time, setting off a search that rapidly expanded to include U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships.
Helicopters and fixed wing aircraft from the carrier Ronald Reagan, as well as from the destroyer McCampbell are participating in the search. A Navy P-8, the destroyers John S. McCain and McCampbell, and Reagan are all assisting Shiloh in the search for their missing sailor, whose name is being withheld during search efforts, according to a release from U.S. 7th Fleet.
Japanese Coast Guard Ship Kudaka is also assisting in the search. A JMSDF ship and a second Japanese coast guard ship assisted early in the search but have since departed.
The Navy announced the search just as the search for the first sailor, Fire Controlman 2nd Class (SW) Christopher Clavin, was concluding unsuccessfully off the coast of North Carolina.
Normandy crew witnessed Clavin falling into the water but a three-day search were unable to recover the missing fire controlman. That search roped in Marine and Coast Guard aircraft, as well as the carrier Abraham Lincoln with four embarked helicopters, the medium endurance cutter Forward and the destroyers Bainbridge, The Sullivans and Mason.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the day the Shiloh sailor was discovered missing.
David B. Larter was the naval warfare reporter for Defense News.
