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<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>Navy sailor thought to have gone overboard found week later hiding in engine room </strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>Gas Turbine Systems Technician 3rd Class Peter Mims was missing for a week before being found aboard his own ship</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>The disappearance of Mims, 23, sparked a 50-hour search over 5,500-square miles across the Philippine Sea </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Mims was found alive, on board, after hiding in the for a week in the engine room of the U.S.S. Shiloh</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>The AWOL sailor was presumed lost overboard on June 8 &#8211; sparking huge rescue operation by the American and Japanese navies </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>The 5,500-square mile naval search was reluctantly called off at midnight on June 11, with so much disappointment</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1f0202;"><strong>Mims has been transferred to the US</strong>S Ronald Reagan for psychiatric evaluation</span></h6>
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<p class="imageCaption">Peter Mims, the American sailor who went missing from the U.S.S. Shiloh last week, has been found safe on board the ship</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">An American sailor who was presumed dead following a huge man-overboard search has been found alive after he was discovered to have been hiding in his own ship&#8217;s engine room for a week.<br />
Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Mims was thought to have been lost on June 8 while his guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh was operating in the Philippine Sea.<br />
Forces from the US and Japanese navies conducted a 50-hour search over 5,500 square-miles before the rescue was reluctantly called off at midnight on June 11.|However, four days later, the gas turbine systems technician was located alive and well, according to the <a class="" href="https://www.navytimes.com/articles/surprise-cruiser-shiloh-sailor-presumed-overboard-and-dead-discovered-hiding-on-board" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Navy Times</a>, although the circumstances of how he survived undetected for seven days are not clear.<br />
Mims, 23, from Interlachen, Florida, has been transported to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier for psychiatric evaluation and his disappearance is under investigation.<br />
A Navy sailor who was presumed to have gone overboard was discovered hiding in the engine room of his cruiser.<br />
Peter Mims, a gas turbine systems technician, was serving aboard the USS Shiloh, based out of Japan, when he went missing without a trace on June 8.</p>
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<article id="ra-body">The Navy and Japanese forces dispatched planes and helicopters to search 5,500 square miles in the Philippine Sea before suspending the search on June 11, according to a statement from the U.S. 7th Fleet.<br />
On Thursday, however, days after the Navy had given up on searching outside the ship, Mims was discovered alive and onboard the vessel.<br />
He was found hiding in the Shiloh’s engine room, according to the <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/articles/surprise-cruiser-shiloh-sailor-presumed-overboard-and-dead-discovered-hiding-on-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Navy Times</a>.<br />
The Navy did not comment on what exactly had happened to Mims, who has served for three years, other than saying that he was taken for medical evaluation aboard a nearby aircraft carrier.<br />
Mimms, 23, from Interlachen, Florida, has been transported to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier for psychiatric evaluation and his disappearance is under investigation.<br />
The sailor was reported missing 180-miles east of Okinawa on June 8 and the search extended for thousands of square miles until June 11 before it was called off<br />
&#8216;We are thankful to have found our missing shipmate and appreciate all the hard work of our Sailors and Japanese partners in searching for him,&#8217; Rear Adm. Charles Williams said in a statement.<br />
&#8216;I am relieved that this Sailor&#8217;s family will not be joining the ranks of Gold Star Families that have sacrificed so much for our country.&#8217;<br />
The Navy has not responded to questions regarding his recovery and the 7th Fleet &#8211; which is based in Japan &#8211; has not elaborated on how he was found.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mims enlisted in the Navy in February 2014 and has served aboard the USS Shiloh since August of that year.<br />
He was initially thought to have fallen overboard while the ship was &#8216;conducting routine operations 180 miles east of Okinawa,&#8217; according to the Navy. The Shiloh is a 567-foot cruiser, which would normally have hundreds of sailors and officers aboard.<br />
More than half a dozen US Navy and Japanese Defence Force vessels combined with helicopters and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan to search for the missing Mims.<br />
The list of American manpower and ships dedicated to finding the crewman included, the USS McCamphell, USS Barry and USS John McCain.<br />
After spending 50-hours trying to locate the sailor in the Philippine Sea, the search was called off on the stroke of midnight on June 11.<br />
&#8216;The decision to suspend the search was not arrived at lightly,&#8217; said Rear Admiral Charles Williams at the time.<br />
&#8216;Our thoughts are with our lost shipmate, his family, and the officers and crew of USS Shiloh.&#8217;<br />
However at the time, Mims&#8217;s sister, Amy James said that she did not believe that her brother had lost his life.<br />
&#8216;I just can&#8217;t believe he&#8217;s gone,&#8217; said James. &#8216;Is this real? Is this a nightmare?&#8217;<br />
&#8216;He&#8217;s still alive, he&#8217;s got to be fighting for his life&#8217;.</p>
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<p>“I am relieved that this Sailor’s family will not be joining the ranks of Gold Star Families that have sacrificed so much for our country,” Rear Adm. Charles Williams said in a statement.<br />
Mims’s family said while he was missing that they never gave up on the chance that he was still alive.<br />
&#8220;I thanked god. I never gave up hope me and my family never gave up hope,&#8221; his sister Amy James said on Facebook.<br />
She said that her brother is &#8220;getting the care and rest he needs&#8221; and requested privacy for her family.<br />
What happens next with Mims will be driven by the investigation’s findings, spokesman Cmdr. Bill Speaks said.</p>
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US Navy sailor thought to have gone overboard found week later hiding in engine room – His disappearance sparked a 5,500 sq mile search
