Day: October 31, 2017

Tasha, Jennifer and their two dogs were rescued by the USS Ashland months after their boat became adrift in the Pacific. (Photo: Associated Press)

Women Sailors Lost At Sea Blissful By Navy Rescue

Heather Cassell
October 31, 2017

Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava stood with the USS Ashland’s commanding officer and others high on the bridgeway when the ship arrived at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa Monday, October 30, local time in Japan.

Five days earlier, the U.S. Navy’s USS Ashland rescued the two women and their two dogs from their shark and storm-battered sailboat 900 miles southeast of Japan.