Former Paso Robles resident identified as missing Navy sailor
US Navy has identified the missing sailor from the USS Carter Hall as former Paso Robles resident Taylor KayJean Machado. Photo from Instagram.
72 hour search called off Tuesday for missing Taylor KayJean Machado
The USS Carter Hall.
–Former Paso Robles resident and Paso Robles High School graduate Taylor KayJean Machado was identified as the Navy sailor who went missing for unknown reasons from a dock landing ship USS Carter Hall which was undertaking training exercises 60 miles off the North Carolina coast on Saturday Apr. 9.
A Gunners Mate 3rd Class, Machado enlisted in the Navy after graduating from the Paso Robles High School in 2013 and reported to the Carter Hall on May 19, 2014.
The Navy said Machado was reported missing at approximately 4:20 p.m. while the ship was conducting routine training operations in support of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Composite Training Unit Exercise, approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
They immediately launched a search and rescue operation, assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard lasting 72 hours and over 22,388 square nautical miles before calling off the search Tuesday Apr. 12, the Navy said.
“It is with a deep sense of sadness that we suspend the search for our fellow shipmate,” said Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey, who led the search efforts. “Our sincere condolences are with the sailor’s family, who have requested privacy following their tragic loss.”
The Navy said an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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