 By the next day, the search party had been expanded to at least 30 aircraft and 14 surface vessels.Admiral Felix Stump, commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet, ordered the USS "Philippine Sea" to join the search from the port of Long Beach, California, with its helicopters and long-range radar-equipped anti-submarine planes.A few hours later, the Navy also ordered the USS "John R. Craig" and the USS "Orleck" to depart from San Diego to join the search.