Robert Stethem was executed by the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah when they hijacked TWA Flight 847 in 1985 . Stethem was a Steelworker Second Class ( SW2 ) , a Seabee diver and member of Underwater Construction Team One . The is named in his honor . On 24 August 2010 , on board USS '' Stethem '' in Yokosuka , Kanagawa , Japan , Stethem was posthumously made an honorary Master Chief Constructionman ( CUCM ) by the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy and awarded the Prisoner of War Medal
TWA Flight 847
TWA Flight 847
Seabee