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The Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone hangs suspended from a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU after being raised from the ocean. Deep Drone was used to recover an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that lay 1,800 feet beneath the surface after crashing into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa, Japan. The helicopter is being raised by a joint US/Japanese salvage team
A member of a joint US/Japanese salvage team stands behind the Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone on the deck of the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The salvage team is recovering an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during a night training mission
Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron watch as a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU raises an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter from 1,800 feet beneath the surface. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, is being recovered by a joint U.S./Japanese salvage team. A Japanese Maritime Safety Agency Shiretoko class large patrol vessel, upper left, keeps the area clear as the operation progresses
A crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU hoists an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Greene Giant helicopter from the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, where it crashed during a night training flight. A Japanese Maritime Safety Agency Shiretoko class large patrol vessel, upper left, keeps the area clear as the operation progresses
An American salvage team member hoses off the deck of the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU to dilute the fuel leaking from a damaged Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that was raised from 1,800 feet beneath the surface. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa, Japan, during a night training mission, was raised by a joint US/Japanese salvage team
The Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU lies tied up at the Military Fleet Activity pier. The ship, which has been modified to handle the Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone, will be used in the recovery of an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawan coast
A crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU lowers an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter onto a cradle on the Military Fleet Activity pier. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa coast during a night training mission, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team
The Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone is raised from the ocean by a crane aboard the SHIN TATSU MARU. Deep Drone was used to recover an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that lay 1,800 feet beneath the surface after crashing into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa, Japan. The helicopter is being raised by a joint US/Japanese salvage team
A view of the interior of an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, during a night training mission. The helicopter, now secured aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team
The Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU, its deck filled with equipment, leaves the port of Naha, Okinawa, Japan. The ship will make for a point 5.6 miles off the Okinawan coast, where an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter crashed into the ocean during a night training mission. Aided by the Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone, a joint US/Japanese salvage team will attempt to recover the helicopter
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
State: Okinawa
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Donald S. Mcmichael
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
06/04/1989
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