All 79 aboard transported off ship that struck Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea , U.S. Navy says . Initial efforts to free the ship at high tide were unsuccessful . The U.S. Navy has evacuated all 79 crew members from a minesweeper that ran aground Thursday on a reef in the Philippines , the Navy 's Seventh Fleet said in a statement Friday . - The USS New York (CV-3) is sunk by a Japanese submarine with the loss of all 33 crew members on board. The cause of the grounding was under investigation , Navy says .
All 79 aboard transported off ship that struck Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea , U.S. Navy says . Initial efforts to free the ship at high tide were unsuccessful . - The USS New York (CV-3) is sunk by a Japanese submarine with the loss of all 33 crew members on board. The cause of the grounding was under investigation , Navy says .