Navy investigating after deaths of three sailors on same ship within a week – IOTW Report

Navy investigating after deaths of three sailors on same ship within a week

I’m not saying, but I’m just saying…

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Three U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier have died in the span of one week.

The causes of their respective deaths are under investigation, but the Navy says there is no initial indication that their deaths are related.

The first two sailors were found dead at separate offsite locations on April 9 and 10. They were Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Mikail Sharp and Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Natasha Huffman. 

The third sailor died aboard the ship April 15. The sailor was found unresponsive and treated by a ship medical team before being transported to the Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia, where the sailor was pronounced dead. read more

7 Comments on Navy investigating after deaths of three sailors on same ship within a week

  1. We had a sailor die from a heroin overdose on board the Kitty Hawk in the Spring of 1974 shortly after we had left Hong Kong. He was found dead lying naked on the floor of the head (toilet) with a needle in his arm, in one of the enlisted quarters of the ship. The Captain came over the ships intercom immediately and announced a 24 hr. reprieve for anyone having any kind of drugs on board the ship to get rid of it immediately, turn it in with no questions asked or face severe consequences if anyone had any illegal drugs with them and he wasn’t kidding. A day later when the ship authorities came around to check for illegal drugs they didn’t find any. The Navy took this shit seriously back then. I had a friend who I grew up with as my next door neighbor who was kicked out of the Navy in 1973 and received a less than honorable discharge because of his drug abuse. He was one of the smartest guys I ever knew and was in the Navy Nuclear program but was a dumbass when it came to illegal drugs

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