Navy Identifies Missing USS Stethem Sailor as Lt. Steven D. Hopkins
By: Sam LaGrone
August 5, 2017 11:28 AM • Updated: August 5, 2017 2:54 PM
The sailor who went missing from guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG-63) earlier this week in the South China Sea has been identified as Lt. Steven D. Hopkins, according to a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet.
Hopkins, a 2009 graduate of The Citadel, went missing on Aug. 1 from the destroyer operating about 140 miles west of Subic Bay, the Philippines.
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