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Navy rescues six mariners from Micronesia after eight days without power

By Mike Brest
Published November 18, 2021 4:14pm ET
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Navy rescues six mariners from Micronesia after eight days without power
In this Sept. 18, 2015, photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman is honored at a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va. The Kauffman was the last operational Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate to be retired. Shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, said in November 2017 that it is offering a new design concept in response to a Navy request for up to 20 new frigates. | (Shane A. Jackson/U.S. Navy via AP)

A Navy crew rescued half a dozen mariners from Micronesia who had been stranded for more than a week without power.

The 23-foot skiff was reported missing on Nov. 3, after it lost power and was overdue near Oneop Atoll, Chuuk State, in the Federated States of Micronesia, according to a statement from the Navy. The “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron VP-26 located the disabled ship after nearly four days of searching the ocean for it.

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