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       Sailor falls from ship, Search continues off NC
   DIR By: PWTRPWR
       Date: April 10, 2016, 12:18 pm
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       This story was originally published at 6 a.m. on April 10 and
       has been updated.
       A massive search effort off the coast of North Carolina
       continues Sunday for a sailor from the dock landing ship Carter
       Hall is missing and presumed to have fallen overboard Saturday
       on a training mission off the coast of North Carolina.
       The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has assumed the
       lead role in the search effort, Navy officials said. Carrier
       Strike Group 4 head Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey has taken over as
       on-scene commander for the search.
       The ship commenced the search after a female third-class petty
       officer was discovered missing Saturday at about 4:20 p.m.,
       according to an early internal Navy report obtained by Navy
       Times.
       "The ship was conducting training operations off the coast of
       Cape Hatteras, North Carolina," said Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr.
       Tim Hawkins. "The ship immediately launched a helicopter to
       begin search-and-rescue operations."
       A pair of boots with a note was reportedly found on deck near
       the rear of the ship, the report said, which did not mention the
       missing woman's name.
       Assisting in the rescue is the destroyer USS McFaul, a
       helicopter from the amphibious assault ship Wasp, as well as two
       F/A-18s and a tanker from the Eisenhower, and a P-8 Poseidon,
       the report said.
       During the night, the Navy was joined by Coast Guard units
       assisting in the search, Hawkins said.
       The water temperature near Cape Hatteras as of noon has risen to
       about 75 degrees and the air temperature is 48 degrees,
       According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
       Administration's website.
       The woman's next of kin has been notified and the family has
       requested her name not be released to the public, a Navy
       spokesman said.
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