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An SH-3 Sea King helicopter flies low over the shallow water looking for bodies of crewmen from the capsized Philippine destroyer DATU KALANTIAW (ex-USS BOOTH DE-170). The ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) is assisting in salvage operations

An SH-3 Sea King helicopter flies low over the shallow water looking f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Calayan Island Country: Philippines Scene Camera Operator: Ph2 Soutar Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The nose of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing opens to deliver the bodies of the sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The nose of a C-5 Galaxy ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Even in this age of high tech and computers some traditional things remain. Here, during exercise RIMPAC 98, QM3 Jose Munoz stands on the quarterdeck of the auxiliary command ship USS CORONADO (AGF 11) with a sexton to navigate using the celestial bodies

Even in this age of high tech and computers some traditional things re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 August Sigur Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....After ceremonies for their comrades, killed by the explosion in the 16-gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), sailors march off the flight line. The bodies of the 47 casualties have just been flown to the continental United States. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....After ceremonies for thei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A color guard faces the C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying the bodies of personnel killed during a fire at sea aboard the combat store ship USS WHITE PLAINS (AFS 4)

A color guard faces the C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying the bodies...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Smith, USN Release Status: ... More

A Navy color guard stands at attention as the bodies of four Navy servicemen killed in the initial phase of the United States (US) military action in Panama. The four servicemen were members of a SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) team that secured Patilla Airfield in the early morning hours of December 20

A Navy color guard stands at attention as the bodies of four Navy serv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harry Gerwien Release Status: Relea... More

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Sailors enter the nose of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing. The C-5 has transported the bodies of the sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Sailors enter the nose of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....After ceremonies for the seamen who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), officers and sailors walk off the flight line. The bodies of the 47 casualties have just been flown to the continental United States. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....After ceremonies for the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Officers and civilian dignitaries gather beside a Navy color guard, waiting for the arrival of an aircraft bearing the bodies of four Navy servicemen killed in the initial phase of the United States (US) military action in Panama. The four servicemen were members of a SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) team that secured Patilla Airfield in the early morning hours of December 20

Officers and civilian dignitaries gather beside a Navy color guard, wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harry Gerwien Release Status: Relea... More

A montage of seven views showing parts of the launching of a Trident I C-4 missile from the submerged nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) and the Trident's re-entry bodies as they plunge into the earth's atmosphere and then into the Atlantic Ocean

A montage of seven views showing parts of the launching of a Trident I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The nose of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing opens to deliver the bodies of the sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The nose of a C-5 Galaxy ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III speaks at a ceremony marking the arrival of the bodies of four Navy servicemen killed in the initial phase of the United States (US) military action in Panama. The four servicemen were members of a SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) team that secured Patilla Airfield in the early morning hours of December 20

Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III speaks at a ceremony mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harry Gerwien Release Status: Relea... More

An honor guard stands at attention as caskets are unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The caskets contain bodies of crew members killed in a boiler room explosion aboard the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) during Operation Desert Shield

An honor guard stands at attention as caskets are unloaded from a Mili...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware(DE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: U... More

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....An officer and sailors stand before the caskets containing the bodies of the 47 sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....An officer and sailors st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Navy honor guard stands at present arms as pallbearers pass by pushing a bier holding the casket of one of the 47 Sailors killed on board the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) when the ship's No. 2 16-inch gun turret exploded during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. The C-5A Galaxy aircraft that transported the bodies from Puerto Rico is parked on the runway in the background

A Navy honor guard stands at present arms as pallbearers pass by pushi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Oscar Sosa, USN Release Status: Re... More

On the flight line, officers turn to the C-141B Starlifter aircraft that is carrying the bodies of personnel killed during a fire at sea aboard the combat store ship USS WHITE PLAINS (AFS 4)

On the flight line, officers turn to the C-141B Starlifter aircraft th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Smith, USN Release Status: ... More

Navy officers cross the tarmac past a VH-3D Sea King helicopter from Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1). The officers are part of the official contingent on hand to meet the bodies of four Navy servicemen killed in the initial phase of the United States (US) military action in Panama. The four servicemen were members of a SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) team that secured Patilla Airfield in the early morning hours of December 20

Navy officers cross the tarmac past a VH-3D Sea King helicopter from M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harry Gerwien Release Status: Relea... More

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 ...

US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler (right) listens to l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Hull Technician 1st Class Patrick Wheeler (right) listens to last-minute instructions on the "pinger locator" before st... More

A Navy color guard approaches a C-5A Galaxy carrying the bodies of 47 Sailors killed on board the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) when the ship's No. 2 16-inch gun turret exploded during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19

A Navy color guard approaches a C-5A Galaxy carrying the bodies of 47 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Oscar Sosa, USN Release Status: Re... More

On the flight line, officers turn to the C-141B Starlifter aircraft that is carrying the bodies of personnel killed during a fire at sea aboard the combat store ship USS WHITE PLAINS (AFS 4)

On the flight line, officers turn to the C-141B Starlifter aircraft th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Smith, USN Release Status: ... More

A color guard faces the C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying the bodies of personnel killed during a fire at sea aboard the combat store ship USS WHITE PLAINS (AFS 4)

A color guard faces the C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying the bodies...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Smith, USN Release Status: ... More

Flag officers and civilian dignitaries stand beside a Navy color guard as an aircraft arrives bearing the bodies of four Navy servicemen killed in the initial phase of the United States (US) military action in Panama. The four servicemen were members of a SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) team that secured Patilla Airfield in the early morning hours of December 20

Flag officers and civilian dignitaries stand beside a Navy color guard...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harry Gerwien Release Status: Relea... More

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy personnel board the open nose of the C-5 Galaxy aircraft which transported the bodies of the 47 sailors killed aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) by an explosion in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy personnel board the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Quartermaster Third Class (QM3) Dan Finklea uses a Sextant navigational equipment to determine the height and the angle of celestial bodies that helps determine the position and heading of the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer (AEGIS) USS STETHEM (DDG 63) during Exercise Multi-Sail 2006 in the Pacific Ocean. MULTI-SAIL 2006 is designed to help USN Sailors in the Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF) maximize their combat readiness by practicing maneuver training between ships. The training also gives the USN Sailors a chance to operate in multi-ship environment

US Navy (USN) Quartermaster Third Class (QM3) Dan Finklea uses a Sexta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: ENSIGN Danny Ewing Jr, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

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