NCMEDIC
01-01-2007, 07:00 AM
From Commander, U. S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Sixth Fleet Public Affairs
NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- The Navy released the names, Dec. 31, of the two Sailors from USS Minneapolis-St Paul (SSN 708) who died Dec. 29.
Senior Chief Thomas E. Higgins, 45, of Paducah, Kentucky, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Holtz, 30, of Lakewood, Ohio, died after falling overboard while the submarine was leaving the Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth, England.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
For more news from around the fleet, visit www.navy.mil (http://www.navy.mil/).
NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- The Navy released the names, Dec. 31, of the two Sailors from USS Minneapolis-St Paul (SSN 708) who died Dec. 29.
Senior Chief Thomas E. Higgins, 45, of Paducah, Kentucky, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Holtz, 30, of Lakewood, Ohio, died after falling overboard while the submarine was leaving the Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth, England.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
For more news from around the fleet, visit www.navy.mil (http://www.navy.mil/).