Ian McKnight, 29, was serving aboard USS Nimitz when he was reported missing on September 6, 2020, while the carrier was in the North Arabian Sea. A shipboard search found no sign of him and the situation was escalated to a man overboard response. USS Nimitz and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton conducted surface searches and were joined by U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft searching waters off the coast of Oman.

After days of searching, rescue operations were suspended on September 8, 2020. McKnight, who had been promoted to petty officer second class the previous month and was assigned from Naval Base Kitsap with origins in North Carolina, was listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown and an investigation was opened. Few public details about the circumstances of his disappearance are provided.

If anyone served with him on deployment or has information about his last known whereabouts aboard ship, please come forward.