Following Massive 79-Hour Search, Navy Halts Search For Missing Sailor

The U.S. Navy on Friday suspended its search for a missing sailor who was believed lost overboard in the South China Sea, reports the Stars and Stripes.

The sailor was reported missing Tuesday from the guided-missile destroyer Stethem 140 miles west of Subic Bay in the Philippines, said the Navy. He is a male lieutenant, according to one wire service. The Navy is withholding the name until a next-of-kin notification.

The 79-hour search covered 10,000 square nautical miles,...