Sailor found dead on USS Theodore Roosevelt

Peiyu Lin, Kitsap Sun
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The “71” lights are lit aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Aug. 5, 2022. The warship, undergoing an overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, will return to San Diego in Feburary 2023.
The “71” lights are lit aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Aug. 5, 2022. The warship, undergoing an overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, will return to San Diego in Feburary 2023.
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BREMERTON — A Navy sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt was found dead on the ship on Monday.

The sailor was found unresponsive on the ship, currently docked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Efforts to revive the sailor were unsuccessful and the sailor was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. Cmdr. Ben Anderson, USS Theodore Roosevelt spokesperson.

Sailors were given grief and counseling services, Anderson said. An investigation into the circumstances of the death is ongoing.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is wrapping up work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after it arrived in Bremerton in July 2021 for overhaul. The aircraft carrier is slated to return to its previous homeport of San Diego in February.

Reporter Peiyu Lin covers the military and South Kitsap for the Kitsap Sun. She can be reached at pei-yu.lin@kitsapsun.com or on Twitter @peiyulintw.

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