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US Navy Hull Technician 2nd Class Brad Fleming (left) helps US Navy Lieutenant Christopher Davison (right) fasten the Integrated Diver's Vest (IDV) around US Navy Engineman CHIEF Kevin Oelhafen (center). While all three divers are from different commands; Fleming is attached to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown) Norfolk, Virginia, Oelhafen is with the Mobile Diving Salvage Unit -Two, Little Creek, Virginia, and Davison is assigned to the salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51), they represent the effort of several east coast diving commands assisting in 24-hour diving operations, at the TWA flight 800 crash site. CHIEF Oelhafen had the good fortune of locating one ...

US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler (right), adjusts the cuff to his protective suit, while getting ready to make his dive. He is one of the divers from the US Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, sent to assist the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) in continuous diving operations over the crash site of TWA flight 800. His primary "tender" US Navy Quarter MASTER 1ST Class Cass Schussler is one of the divers sent from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit Two, Little Creek, Virginia. Schussler's job is especially important, while assisting divers in and out of their dive gear, ensuring a safe dive and timely undressing for the ...

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (not shown), assigned to initiate diver search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. Bartelli is stationed on the Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is temporarily assigned to Grasp to augment and support 24 hour sustained diving operations. This dive, conducted the morning of July 29th, resulted in the location and recovery of three more victims, found in the scattered debris along the ocean floor. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long ...

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (not shown), assigned to initiate diver search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. Bartelli is stationed on the Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown) home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is temporarily assigned to Grasp to augment and support 24 hour sustained diving operations. This dive, conducted the morning of July 29th, resulted in the location and recovery of three more victims, found in the scattered debris along the ocean floor. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic ...

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (not shown), assigned to initiate diver search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. Bartelli is stationed on the Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown) home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is temporarily assigned to Grasp to augment and support 24 hour sustained diving operations. This dive, conducted the morning of July 29th, resulted in the location and recovery of three more victims, found in the scattered debris along the ocean floor. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic ...

U.S. Navy CMDR. Edwin J. Ruff, the commanding officer of USS Minneapolis-St.Paul (SSN 708), speaks during a memorial service for SENIOR CHIEF Electronics Technician Thomas Higgins and Sonar Technician Submarine 2nd Class Michael Holtz in Rota, Spain, Jan . 3, 2007. Both Sailors died after falling overboard from USS Minneapolis-St.Paul (SSN 708) while the submarine was exiting Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth, England. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Kristine DeHoux) (Released)

US Navy (USN) Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmer Aviation Warfare System Operator Third Class (AW3) Victor Eguez, is lowered into the waters of the Pacific Ocean, from the crew door of a USN SH-60B "Seahawk" helicopter attached to Helicopter Anti Submarine Squadron Light 47 (HSL-47) during an air power demonstration conducted from the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) (not shown). The LINCOLN and Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) are currently underway in the Western Pacific Ocean operating area

U.S. Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Adam Kaluza, Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmer, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 (HSC-26,"Chargers"), secures Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 1ST Class Darren Beckett as they are hoisted towards an MH-60S Knighthawk (Sierra) multi-mission helicopter during a simulated search and rescue operation in Willoughby Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Va., on Jan. 24, 2007. SAR swimmers carry out these exercises to stay current on qualifications and remain proficient in the job. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Joshua Karsten) (Released)

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class Anthony Bartelli (right) holds an underwater speaker called a "bone phone" to US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler's head so he can experience the sounds and characteristic of a "pinger locator" prior to his dive. Wheeler (center) and Bartelli are both attached to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown), and are diving with the Navys salvage and rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation crew to support 24-hour diving operations. Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, from Charleston, South Carolina, stationed aboard the USS Grasp, holds the Datasonics "pinger locator" in a tub of water to simulate sound. The Remote ...

US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler (right) listens to last-minute instructions on the "pinger locator" before starting his next dive. Wheeler is assigned to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), and is diving from the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation force to facilitate 24-hour diving operations. US Navy Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, stationed aboard the Grasp, displays the Datasonics "pinger locator", used to locate Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The ROVs role in finding bodies from the crash of TWA flight 800 has been a tremendous asset for his divers responsible for a gruesome yet important task. Instead of ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Hull Technician 1st Class Patrick Wheeler (right) listens to last-minute instructions on the "pinger locator" before starting his next dive. Wheeler is assigned to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), and is diving from the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation force to facilitate 24-hour diving operations. US Navy Boatswains Mate Chief Donald Dennis, stationed aboard the Grasp, displays the Datasonics "pinger locator", used to locate Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The ROVs role in finding bodies from the crash of TWA flight 800 has been a tremendous asset for his divers responsible for a gruesome yet important task. Instead of wasting precious hours underwater searching, a ROV can locate bodies and hover near them, directing the divers to its location with an attached "pinger". Divers can then spend most of their time in the recovery phase of this operation. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996.

Base: USS Grasp (ARS 51)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Glen J. Hurd, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

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060814-N-2716P-065 (Aug. 14, 2006)Two Yokosuka, Japan (JPN) Port Operations pusher boats (foreground) pull back into port as Large Harbor Tugs OPELIKA (YTB 798) (rear left) and MASSAPEQUA (YTB 807) (rear right) escort the US Navy (USN) Emory S Land Class Submarine Tender USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40) as it departs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (JPN), after a routine port visit.U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST First Class Paul J. Phelps (Released)

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US Navy Engineman 2nd Class Anthony Bartelli (right) holds an underwater speaker called a "bone phone" to US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler's head so he can experience the sounds and characteristic of a "pinger locator" prior to his dive. Wheeler (center) and Bartelli are both attached to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown), and are diving with the Navys salvage and rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation crew to support 24-hour diving operations. Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, from Charleston, South Carolina, stationed aboard the USS Grasp, holds the Datasonics "pinger locator" in a tub of water to simulate sound. The Remote ...

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US Navy Admiral (ADM) William Flanagan, Commander and CHIEF US Atlantic Fleet, congratulates the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), James Kallstrom for his role in the Search and Recovery Operation of TWA Flight 800 which crashed off the coast of New York

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