Story highlights Navy divers have recovered the remains of two sailors

A multinational 80-hour search effort was suspended Wednesday after covering a 2,100-square-mile area

Washington (CNN) The US Navy has suspended its search-and-rescue operations for the sailors who remain missing after the collision between the US destroyer John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore, the Navy announced Thursday.

Navy divers have recovered the remains of two sailors -- electronics technician 3rd class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, from New Jersey, and electronics technician 3rd class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, from Connecticut -- and identified eight other missing sailors, the service said.

A multinational 80-hour search effort was suspended Wednesday after covering a 2,100-square-mile area east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

On Tuesday, Navy and Marine Corps divers found "some remains" of missing sailors in the sealed compartments aboard the McCain.

Divers will continue recovery efforts inside flooded compartments in the ship for remains, despite the suspension of rescue efforts at sea.

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