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The Navy has announced that it has suspended its search for Airman Apprentice Ethan Goolsby of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CNV 71) as of sunset Saturday night. Air and surface assets including the Theodore Roosevelt, USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Russell (DDG 59), USS Howard (DDG 83), USS Charleston (LCS 18), USS Portland (LPD 27) the U.S. Coast Guard and both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft searched more than 607 square nautical miles for more than 55 hours according to the Navy’s release.
Goolsby’s status has been changed to missing and presumed deceased.
The Navy notified Goolsby’s family prior to ending search efforts for their only child. In a Facebook post on Saturday morning of the 12th, Ethan’s father remained hopeful that his son would be found,
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The U.S. Navy has identified the 20-year-old sailor who apparently went overboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt Thursday off the coast of Southern California as Ethan Goolsby of Texas.
Goolsby, an aviation ordnanceman airman apprentice, went missing three days after the aircraft carrier set sail from San Diego.
The Navy said Goolsby reported to the Theodore Roosevelt in July following initial training as an aviation ordnanceman in Pensacola, Fla.
Goolsby had been promoted to his current rank in September. He reported to Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. in November 2019.
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Goolsby’s parents had identified him Saturday. They told The Navy Times he was from San Antonio.
By CAITLIN DOORNBOS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 13, 2020 Just three days into his first deployment, Airman Apprentice Ethan Garrett Goolsby on Thursday went missing from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, his father wrote in a public Facebook post on Sunday. The Navy on Saturday ended its 55-hour search for the 20-year-old sailor after the Coast Guard, six Navy vessels and aircraft searched more than 607 square miles for Goolsby, who went overboard Thursday morning off the coast of Southern California. Goolsby, an aviation ordnanceman from San Antonio, Texas, had been in the Navy about a year and reported to the Theodore Roosevelt in July, the Navy s 3rd Fleet said in a statement confirming his identity Monday.
By CAITLIN DOORNBOS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 13, 2020 Just three days into his first deployment, Airman Apprentice Ethan Garrett Goolsby on Thursday went missing from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, his father wrote in a public Facebook post on Sunday. The Navy on Saturday ended its 55-hour search for the 20-year-old sailor after the Coast Guard, six Navy vessels and aircraft searched more than 607 square miles for Goolsby, who went overboard Thursday morning off the coast of Southern California. Goolsby, an aviation ordnanceman from San Antonio, Texas, had been in the Navy about a year and reported to the Theodore Roosevelt in July, the Navy s 3rd Fleet said in a statement confirming his identity Monday.
Navy ends search for Texas sailor who fell overboard from ship
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FILE - In this March 18, 2020 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the western North Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy announced Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 that it has called off search and rescue efforts for a 20-year-old sailor who reportedly fell overboard earlier this week from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, KGTV News reported. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh/U.S. Navy via AP) (Associated Press)