The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a crew member reported lacking from the cutter Waesche whereas working within the Japanese Pacific Ocean, the service stated.
The cutter, its hooked up helicopter and unmanned plane techniques are conducting search efforts for the crew member, the service stated in a short assertion Thursday.
“Further Coast Guard and interagency search belongings are being employed on this effort as nicely,” the service stated.
The Coast Guard assertion didn’t disclose the lacking crew member’s id or once they have been found lacking.
The service, citing operational safety, additionally didn’t present extra particulars concerning the particular location of the search efforts.
Homeported in Alameda, California, the Waesche is the second legend-class nationwide safety cutter, based on the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Space.
Beth Sullivan is an editor for Navy Instances. Beforehand, she labored as a workers reporter for The Each day Memphian and as an assistant editor at The Austin Chronicle.
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