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U.S. Navy Suspends Sea Search For Missing Sailors From USS McCain

The Navy has named all 10 of the sailors but has confirmed only one set of remains. Divers were searching flooded compartments on the destroyer, which is now docked in Singapore.

The U.S. Navy on Thursday suspended the search at sea for the sailors who went missing when the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on Monday.

The Navy's 7th Fleet, but says it has only confirmed the remains of one of them, Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, from New Jersey.

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