Two of the three Navy sailors who died inside one week of one another whereas assigned to the identical ship died by suicide, the U.S. Navy confirmed Wednesday. The reason for loss of life of the third sailor, who was discovered unresponsive aboard the usGeorge Washington, stays underneath investigation.
Retail Companies Specialist third Class Mikail Sharp and Inside Communications Electrician third Class Natasha Huffman have been discovered useless on April 9 and 10 at separate sights away from the plane service.
The third sailor was discovered unresponsive aboard the ship on April 15. They have been handled by the medical staff on board earlier than being transported to Riverside Regional Medical Middle in Newport Information, Virginia, the place they died. The Navy has not launched the identification of that sailor.
The usGeorge Washington since 2017 has been docked at Newport Information Shipbuilding for a serious overhaul. It's working with a diminished crew of about 2,500.
Service members and veterans who're in disaster or having ideas of suicide and people who know a service member or veteran in disaster can name the Navy Disaster Line/Veterans Disaster Line for confidential help 24 hours a day, seven days every week, one year a yr. Name 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1 or textual content 838255 or chat on-line at VeteransCrisisLine.web/Chat.
David Martin and Eleanor Watson contributed reporting.