---
title: "Search underway for a Navy sailor reported overboard on aircraft carrier USS George Washington"
description: "The USS Gorge Washington and other units assigned to Carrier Strike Group 5 are currently in the Timor Sea."
date: "2025-07-29"
modified: "2025-07-29"
authors:
  - name: "Jeff Schogol"
    job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jeff-schogol.md"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-george-washington-missing/"
categories:
  - "Military Branches"
  - "Navy"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "adsafety"
---

# Search underway for a Navy sailor reported overboard on aircraft carrier USS George Washington

![USS George Washington](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/USS-George-Washington.jpg>)
*The aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits the Pacific Ocean in November 2009. Navy photo.*

Search efforts are ongoing for a sailor from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, who was reported missing on Monday, the Navy announced.

The George Washington and other units assigned to Carrier Strike Group 5 are currently in the Timor Sea, northwest of Australia, [a Navy news release says.](<https://www.dvidshub.net/news/544084/george-washington-csg-conducts-search-missing-sailor>) The strike group has been searching for the missing sailor since Monday.

The aircraft carrier began search and rescue procedures after reports that a sailor had gone overboard. Both the Australian Defence Force and Australian Border Force are aiding in the search for the missing sailor.

No further information about the search efforts was immediately available. The sailor’s name is being withheld per Navy policy.

*This is a developing news story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.*

## Author
Jeff Schogol is the former senior Pentagon reporter for Task & Purpose. He reported on both the Department of Defense as a whole and individual services, covering a variety of topics that include personnel, policy, military justice, deployments, and technology.

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