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According to a press release from the U.S. Navy’s 3rd Fleet, the carrier USS Roosevelt is conducting a Search and Rescue (SAR) effort to recover a lost sailor off the coast of California today. The search was initiated after a lookout reported seeing what appeared to be a person in the water.
The Navy reports that three Search and Rescue Helicopters and a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) were launched to rescue the sailor. According to the release, the Coast Guard, U.S. Navy aircraft, USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Russell (DDG 59), and USS Howard (DDG 83), and USS Charleston (LCS 18) are all part of the rescue effort.
24 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 11, 2020) – Capt. Luke Frost, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), turned over command to Capt. Ken Ward during a change of command ceremony onboard Dec. 11.
Due to shipboard COVID-19 prevention measures, the ceremony was held with a small group in America’s pilothouse, broadcast to the crew over the ship’s general announcing system. Luke Frost and USS America have quite simply made history in their first year forward deployed to Seventh Fleet, said Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7. Captain Frost has embodied all the qualities we look for in our commanding officers and flawlessly led America s crew through two superb patrols sailing upon some of the most critical and strategic waterways in the world today. While we will miss Luke s leadership, I look forward to working with Captain Ken Ward as he takes command of this incredible wa