[SandRat]

Just checked the Navy Web site and there is nothing new on the fate of the Sailor.

O eternal Lord, God, you alone spread out the heavens and rule the raging sea. Take into your most gracious protection our country's Navy and all who serve therein. Preserve them from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy, that they may be a safeguard unto the United States of America, and a security for such as sail upon the seas in peaceful and lawful missions. In serving you, O Lord, may our Sailors serve their country; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

[SandRat]

PRAYERS For a Sailor Lost at Sea.

[Raffus]

Amen. Well stated.

Thank you SandRat for your service to our Country and this site.

[A.A. Cunningham]

USS Princeton CG-59

[skr]

And Amen.

[Calpernia]

Air and surface forces of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group are conducting Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in the Persian Gulf after a Sailor from the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) was discovered missing Sept. 13.

[11th_VA]

We had a no show for muster the day of a missile shoot - the captain decided to do the shoot and look for him the next day - needless to say, we never found a trace ...

[BykrBayb]

Prayers going up for this sailor, his family, and his shipmates.

[tarawa]

helluva way to go.... Although I hope otherwise, experience with this sort of thing tells me that he will probably not be found. I don't recall the last time a carrier battle group or an amphib ready group came back from deployment with as many as they left with.

Of course, I also recall that jarhead that got blown overboard one of the carriers a few years back in the Indian Ocean. Used his trousers for floatation until he got picked up by a Pakistani fishing trawler. The trawler had no radio, so nobody knew he was still alive until 2 weeks later when the trawler pulled into port.