James R. Wilmoth was a U.S. Navy airman recruit aboard the carrier USS Midway. He was arrested by Naval Investigative Service agents in Yokosuka in July 1989 for attempting to sell classified information to a Soviet agent in Japan. He was tried and convicted in September 1989. In addition to attempted espionage, Wilmoth was convicted of failure to report a contact with a citizen of the Soviet Union, conspiracy to unlawfully transfer classified material, and possession, use and distribution of hashish. He was sentenced to 35 years at hard labor.
(From: https://www.dhra.mil/PERSEREC/Espionage-Cases/navy3/)
