Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Ethan Goolsby, 20, from San Antonio, Texas. (Courtesy Goolsby Family)
12 Dec 2020
A 20-year-old sailor believed to have fallen overboard from a Navy aircraft carrier was last seen at morning quarters on Thursday, his father said.
Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Ethan Goolsby, from San Antonio, worked the night shift on Wednesday on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, Kelly Goolsby said. He was last seen around 7 a.m. on Thursday about 30 minutes before a watchstander reported seeing someone in the water, he added.
Three search-and-rescue helicopters and a rigid-hull inflatable boat were launched in response, Navy officials said in a Friday news release. Several ships and Navy and Coast Guard aircraft are still searching for Goolsby after he was unaccounted for during a command-wide muster.
Navy searching for missing San Antonio sailor off Southern California coast
Ethan Goolsby, 20, was last seen in the water
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A San Antonio family has identified the missing sailor on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, according to the Navy Times.
The search started Thursday morning after a lookout spotted what appeared to be a person in the water, a statement from the San Diego-based 3rd Fleet said.
Three helicopters and a boat were launched in response and a command-wide muster determined one sailor was unaccounted for, the statement said.
The missing sailor was identified as Ethan Goolsby, a 20-year-old San Antonio native, by his parents Kelly and Michelle Goolsby, according to the Navy Times. A Navy official confirmed those details, according to the outlet.