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Navy Sailor Listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown

by U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs
18 July 2019
Ships from the U.S., Spain and Pakistan are conducting search and rescue operations in the Arabian Sea following reports of a missing U.S. Navy Sailor.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), Spanish Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate Méndez Núñez (F 104) and Pakistan Navy Ship PSN Aslat (F265) are currently conducting search and rescue operations in the Arabian Sea following reports of a missing U.S. Navy Sailor.

The Sailor has been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) after a reported man overboard incident onboard Abraham Lincoln while operating in the Arabian Sea, July 17.

The Sailor’s name is being held in accordance with U.S. Navy policy.

For more information, media may contact the U.S. Naval Central Command Public Affairs Office at 318-439-4562.

 

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