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The Navy thought this sailor was lost at sea. He was just found alive — on his own ship.

Accepted submission by mrpg mailto:mrpgNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org at 2017-06-16 21:41:28
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mrpg writes:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/15/the-navy-thought-this-sailor-was-lost-at-sea-he-was-just-found-alive-on-his-own-ship/?tid=pm_world_pop [washingtonpost.com]

The USS Shiloh had reported Mims missing and presumed overboard just days earlier, on June 8.

U.S. Navy and Japanese Coast Guard ships and aircraft spent more than 50 hours covering about 5,500 square miles of the Philippine Sea looking for Mims before the search was suspended at midnight on June 11.

[...] On Thursday, the Navy announced it had found Mims — alive and aboard the ship.

[...] Mims was found in the engineering spaces on the Shiloh, Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Matt Knight said. The Navy Times reported that the missing gas turbine systems technician had been hiding in one of the engine rooms.

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