Sailor falls overboard, recovered aboard big deck America

A seaman recruit stumbled down a ladder and into the Pacific Ocean Monday, but crew members acted quickly to get their shipmate back unharmed, according to a Navy report.

The 21-year-old sailor was walking along a catwalk on the starboard side of the flight deck when he tripped, the report said. The ship had an SH-60S Seahawk helicopter flying at the time and it swooped into action. The helo's search and rescue swimmer deployed to save the sailor, who was rescued within 13 minutes, said Lt. Julianne Holland, a spokesperson for U.S. 3rd Fleet. He was transported to the ship's medical facility for evaluation and released when it found no injuries, she said.

The sailor is back to his normal duties.

The ship is underway off the coast of San Diego conducting testing of the vertical launch F-35B.

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