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Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; view of the bow section of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SCORPION (SSN-589) where it rests on the ocean floor. Note the forward messenger buoy cavity and escape trunk access hatches. The SCORPION sank with the loss of its 99 man crew on 22 May 1968 by what is believed to have been the accidental explosion of one of its own torpedoes. The wreckage was located 31 October 1968 by a towed sled with magnetometers, sonar and still cameras

Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; view of the bow ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

A sea lion swims to the ocean floor to hook up a retrieving line to practice ordnance. The sea lion is being trained by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Four, which also trains dolphins to retrieve underwater ordnance

A sea lion swims to the ocean floor to hook up a retrieving line to pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Reinhard Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), load equipment and supplies aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-5A Galaxy aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (CA). The Navy is transporting two of the remotely operated vehicles in an effort to assist the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), loa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Rebecca J. Moat, Usn R... More

A starboard bow view showing the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34) sinking to the ocean floor, 22-miles south of Pensacola, Florida (FL) in approximately 212-ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After ORISKANY reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the USN to the State of Florida

A starboard bow view showing the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jackey Bratt, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; a view of the detached sail of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SCORPION (SSN-589) laying on the ocean floor. The starboard fairwater plane is visible protruding from the sail. Masts are visible extending from the top of the sail (located at the lower portion of the photograph). A large segment of the after section of the sail including the deck access hatch is missing. Various articles from the operations compartment are scattered in this vicinity. The SCORPION was lost on 22 May 1968 with its entire crew

Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; a view of the de...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Divers from Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2) of Port Hueneme, California, wearing Mark 21 surface-supplied diving suits, are ready to go to work on the ocean floor. UCT-2 is repairing underwater cables off the coast of the island. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Divers from Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2) of Port Hueneme, Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Clemente Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3(Dv) Salcido Release Status: Release... More

US Navy Boatswains Mate 1ST Class, Diver, Matthew Rotan, talks to fellow Navy divers 120 feet below on the ocean floor, using the radio system onboard the SAFE GUARD CLASS SALVAGE SHIP USS GRAPPLE (ARS 53) during search and recovery operations for TWA Flight 800

US Navy Boatswains Mate 1ST Class, Diver, Matthew Rotan, talks to fell...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Roland S. Flanders Release Status: Releas... More

A starboard bow view showing the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34) sinking to the ocean floor, 22-miles south of Pensacola, Florida (FL) in approximately 212-ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After ORISKANY reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the USN to the State of Florida

A starboard bow view showing the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jackey Bratt, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; stern view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SCORPION (SSN-589) showing the upper portion of the rudder (with draft markings) and the port stern plane. Note that the impact with the ocean floor has caused the after portion of the engine room section to be telescoped into the machinery room. The ribs of the stern planes can be seen due to the deformation of the metal covering then and display the massive force which was imparted to the ship upon impact with the sea bottom. The SCORPION sank 22 May 1968

Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; stern view of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

A sea lion swims to the ocean floor to hook up a retrieving line to practice ordnance. The sea lion is being trained by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Four, which also trains dolphins to retrieve underwater ordnance

A sea lion swims to the ocean floor to hook up a retrieving line to pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Reinhard Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Photographers mate Third Class (PH3) Paul Goodknight swims across the ocean floor while shooting video coverage during training for the underwater photographic team off the Key West coast

Photographers mate Third Class (PH3) Paul Goodknight swims across the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Dv) Andrew Mckaskle Release Status: Released to ... More

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 bot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Nav... More

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 bot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Nav... More

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 bot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Nav... More

US Navy (USN) Commander (CRD) Kent Van Horn, Commanding Officer, Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), speaks with local and national media representatives as the Unit's support equipment is loaded onto a US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-5A Galaxy aircraft at San Diego, California. The equipment will be used to assist in the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula

US Navy (USN) Commander (CRD) Kent Van Horn, Commanding Officer, Deep ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Gregory S. Cleghorne, Usn Release Status: Re... More

US Navy Damage Controlman 1ST Class John Frush assists a diver into his suite during preparations for Surface Decompression on Oxygen dives, at the TWA Flight 800 crash site 120 feet below. Although Frush is not a diver, everyone on the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) assists in the safe "dressing" of divers and the handling of their "umbilicals" as they move about the ocean floor. The boots weigh less than 10 pounds each; most of the diver's weights are carried in his Integrated Diving Vest (IDV), which also holds emergency air, referred to as "come home bottle". TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

US Navy Damage Controlman 1ST Class John Frush assists a diver into hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Grasp (ARS 51) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Glen J. Hurd, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy Boatswains Mate 1ST Class Mark Thomas stationed on board the US Navys salvage ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (faces camera) while his dive partner US Navy Quarter MASTER 1ST Class Cass Schussler stationed with Mobile Diving Salvage Unit Two, Little Creek, Virginia, prepare for yet another night dive. They will ride the "stage" off the side of the Grasp during their midnight-to noon shift, down to the ocean floor 116 feet below, wearing 1/4" wet suits to combat the cold temperatures during their 50 - 60 minute dive. The red and green jackets covering their "umbilical" identify them as "red diver" and "green diver" for all communications with the master-diver, and also protects the ...

US Navy Boatswains Mate 1ST Class Mark Thomas stationed on board the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Boatswains Mate 1st Class Mark Thomas stationed on board the US Navys salvage ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (faces camera) wh... More

A starboard bow view showing the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34) sinking to the ocean floor, 22-miles south of Pensacola, Florida (FL) in approximately 212-ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After ORISKANY reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the USN to the State of Florida

A starboard bow view showing the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jackey Bratt, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A U.S. Navy minemen guides a Klein 5000 Side Scan Sonar machine, used for ocean floor surveying and detection of mine-like objects, over the side of the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) during a mine countermeasure exercise on Dec. 5, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The ARDENT is currently deployed in support of maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

A U.S. Navy minemen guides a Klein 5000 Side Scan Sonar machine, used ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A diver of Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2) uses an underwater impact wrench to tighten bolts on installed split pipe used to protect cable on the ocean floor. UCT-2, of Port Hueneme, California, is repairing cable off the coast of the island

A diver of Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2) uses an underwater i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Clemente Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Salcido Release Status: Released to... More

A diver of Underwater Construction Team 2 uses and underwater impact wrench to tighten bolts on installed split pipe used to protect cable on the ocean floor. UCT-2, of Port Hueneme, California, is repairing cable off the coast of the island

A diver of Underwater Construction Team 2 uses and underwater impact w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Clemente Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Salcido Release Status: Released to... More

Two divers of Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2) use an underwater hydraulic impact drill to stablize a cable to a rock head on the ocean floor. UCT-2, of Port Hueneme, California, is repairing underwater cable off the coast of the island

Two divers of Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2) use an underwater...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Clemente Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Salcido Release Status: Released to... More

US Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1 descend 115 feet to the ocean floor to begin their dive during recovery operations for the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru off the coast of Hawaii

US Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Sw/Dv) Andrew Mckaskle, USN Release Status: Released to P... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), load the "Super Scorpio," a robotic rescue vehicle aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-5A Galaxy aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (CA). The Navy is transporting two of the remotely operated vehicles in an effort to assist the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), loa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Rebecca J. Moat, Usn R... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), load equipment and supplies aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-5A Galaxy aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (CA). The Navy is transporting two of the remotely operated vehicles in an effort to assist the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), loa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Rebecca J. Moat, Usn R... More

Russian Sailors evacuate the AS-28 PRIZ mini-submarine after surfacing in the Bering Sea with less than six hours of oxygen left. The Sailors survived three days in waters over 600 feet deep caught in fishing nets and cables of a Russian secret surveillance system. The US Navy (USN) and British Navy participated in the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula bringing Super Scorpio remotely operated vehicles to free the mini-sub

Russian Sailors evacuate the AS-28 PRIZ mini-submarine after surfacing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bering Sea Scene Camera Operator: Etcm Charles T. Grandin, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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