The World : Two Missing Off U.S. Sub

Three crew members on a U.S. Navy submarine fell overboard when a wave swept over the vessel as it conducted surface operations off Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu, and two are still missing, U.S. military officials said in Tokyo. One of those who fell from the 2,145-ton vessel was picked up by the Barbel itself after a search aircraft spotted him, the officials said. His identity and condition were withheld. The identity of those missing was also withheld. A spokesman for Japan’s Maritime Safety Agency said three Japanese aircraft and four vessels, including three Japanese patrol boats, have joined the hunt for the two missing men. According to Jane’s Fighting Ships, the Barbel is a diesel-powered submarine commissioned in 1959 that normally carries a crew of 85.