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The mariner, whose identity is being withheld at this time, was reported missing from USNS Medgar Evers Wednesday after the mariner failed to appear for a morning meeting, said LaShawn Sykes, a spokesperson for Military Sealift Command. USNS Medgar Evers is a Military Sealift dry cargo and ammunition ship that delivers supplies to the Navy and allied ship while at sea.
Search and rescue crews from the Coast Guard and the Navy covered approximately 1,500-square nautical miles off the coast of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.