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Peter Mims, the American sailor who went missing from the U.S.S. Shiloh last week, has been found safe on board the ship 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's engine room for a week.
The U.S. Coast Guard is focusing on the search for survivors after concluding the missing cargo ship El Faro sank at its last known location with Hurricane Joaquin bearing down on it. WPTV. A container ship whose crew includes 28 Americans is missing near the eye of Hurricane Joaquin.SCG via CNN Wire. (CNN) -- The missing container ship El Faro lost propulsion and was disabled at sea, a Coast Guard official said Tuesday, leaving it floundering in the path of Hurricane Joaquin. The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded that El Faro, which was carrying 28 Americans and five Polish nationals, sank last week.