SEATTLE — A sailor who died in an apparent accident on the nuclear missile-carrying submarine USS Nebraska has been identified.
A Navy news release today identified the sailor as 21-year-old Machinist Mate 3rd Class Michael A. Gentile of Fairfield, Maine. He joined the Navy in 2005 and was previously assigned to the Alaska, another one of the Navy’s 560-foot Trident nuclear-powered subs.
Few details have been released on what happened Saturday while the sub was beneath the surface of the ocean. Navy officers have said Gentile was given emergency medical treatment aboard the sub and was placed on a medical helicopter, but he died before reaching a hospital.
The Nebraska carriers ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads and is based at Bangor on Hood Canal.
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