4 Ships Search for Sailor Reported Overboard from Carrier Abraham Lincoln

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 takes off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dan Snow)

Military.com | By Gina Harkins

Published July 18, 2019

A search-and-rescue mission is underway in the Arabian Sea after a man-overboard incident was reported Wednesday aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.

Four ships are looking for a U.S. sailor who has been listed as "Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown," officials with U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement Thursday. The Lincoln, guided-missile cruiser Leyte Gulf, Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez and Pakistan navy ship Aslat are involved in the search.

U.S. Navy officials are withholding the sailor's name in accordance with service policy.

The Nimitz-class carrier has been in the region for more than a month after being ordered to deploy to the Middle East over threats from Iran. Three destroyers -- the Bainbridge, Mason and Nitze -- were also sent to the region, along with the cruiser Leyte Gulf.

This story is developing and will be updated when additional details are available.

-- Gina Harkins can be reached at gina.harkins@military.com. Follow her on Twitter @ginaaharkins.

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Gina Harkins previously covered the Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard for Military.com. She has covered troops and their families for nearly a decade, reporting from the U.S., Central and South America, and at sea. Before joining Military.com, Gina was a longtime reporter and managing editor for the independent Marine Corps Times. Her story on two recruits trapped at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina was runner up for the 2013 Military Reporters and Editors award for domestic military coverage. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and studied political science and international relations in her undergrad at Northeastern Illinois University. Read Full Bio

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