(UPDATED) PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Thailand: Rescuers in helicopters scoured the Gulf of Thailand on Tuesday for dozens of sailors who went missing when their naval vessel sank, hoping life jackets had helped them survive two nights in the choppy waters.

Seventy-five sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai were hauled from the sea after the vessel went down on Sunday night in the Gulf of Thailand, roughly 37 kilometers (22 miles) off the Southeast Asian country's southeastern coast.

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