The U.S. Navy is conducting a search-and-rescue operation for a sailor who went missing from Navy destroyer USS Stethem on Tuesday, Defense News reports.
The sailor was reported missing at 9 a.m. on Tuesday when the destroyer was approximately 140 miles west of Subic Bay in the Phillipines.
Japanese destroyer Sazanami and helicopter carrier Izumo were assisting in the search-and-rescue effort early on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
A MK45 lightweight gun is seen on the deck of USS Stethem (DDG-63) missile destroyer docked at Changi Naval Base for the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) bilateral exercise in Singapore on July 19, 2016. ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images
