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Hurricane Ida Salvage Support
October 6, 2021 — U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving has deployed uniformed and civilian salvage engineers along with industry partners in support of USACE to clear waterways impacted by Hurricane Ida. The salvage and dive teams are clearing vessels and debris in Bayou LaFourche, Bayou Rigaud, and along the Mississippi River. Additionally, they are... MORE

U.S. Navy Recovers MH-60S Helicopter from Record Depth
March 22, 2021 — NORTH PACIFIC - NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) recovered a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter from a depth of 19,075 feet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan Thursday.The helicopter, a twin engine Sikorsky Seahawk, crashed into the Pacific Ocean last year while operating from the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). The air... MORE

An MH-60S on deck of contracted salvage vessel off the coast of Yokosuka, Japan on March 18, 2021, having just been pulled from the depth of 19,075 ft by NAVSEA Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, (SUPSALV) at the request of the Navy Safety Center to facilitate accident investigation.

SUPSALV supports NATO missions by clearing sunken dredge barge from the Port of Alexandroupoli, Greece
September 4, 2019 — Responding to a request from U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Army Europe to remove a sunken dredge barge from the port of Alexandroupoli, Greece, NAVSEA Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, SEA 00C, has developed a plan and assembled a team to remove the barge and restore access to the pier for future NATO missions.The dredge barge, Olga, which has... MORE

Young Relieves Lehnhardt as SUPSALV Director
August 2, 2019 — WASHINGTON –Capt. Jay A. Young relieved Capt. Keith Lehnhardt as Naval Sea System Command’s (NAVSEA) Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), July 26. Young reports to SUPSALV after serving as commanding officer of the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) from 2016 to 2019. His previous tours of duty include: LCS... MORE

Navy diving equipment tested by astronauts for space exploration missions
July 16, 2019 — Scientists, engineers and key partners of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) are collaborating by taking an NSWC PCD technology, originally designed for diving, from seabed to space.The Diver Augmented Vision Device (DAVD) team from NSWC PCD and partners recently joined forces with the National Aeronautics and Space... MORE

David Coan, extra vehicular activity lead for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center dives at the Aquarius Reef Base underwater habitat.donning a Kirby Morgan-37 helmet equipped with the Divers Augmented Vision Device Generation 1.0 heads-up display during the 23rd NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations in June 2019.

Joint U.S. Navy/Army Team Removes Oil from Sunken WWII Ship
November 2, 2018 — This October, a joint U.S. Navy and Army team successfully completed a historic oil removal operation on the sunken World War II vessel ex-USS PRINZ EUGEN located in Kwajalein Atoll... MORE

SUPSALV delivers temporary pumping capacity to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Season
July 11, 2018 — Under a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) response request the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has tasked the Naval Sea System Command, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), US Navy, with providing temporary pumping capability to Puerto Rico for the hurricane season... MORE

Donjon's barge loaded with piping, CONEX boxes, pumps and spare parts prior to sailing from Morgan City, LA

EX‐USS SHADWELL Disposal – Wreck in Place
February 20, 2018 — EX USS SHADWELL, a decommissioned CASA GRANDE Class Dock Landing Ship has had a long history supporting the US Navy. She was built by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1944, and served as a commissioned vessel thru 1970. NRL took custody and began using her for testing firefighting equipment, procedures and testing fire resistance of materials beginning 1988. After decades of testing, she was retired from NRL service in October 2016. ... MORE

NAVSEA Assists with Hurricane Recovery
October 19, 2017 — WASHINGTON - NAVSEA assists hurricane-ravaged areas by executing Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SEA 00C ) contracts for diving and salvage teams to help clear harbors of debris and derelict vessels in the Port of Ponce and at Naval Air Station Key West... MORE

Image: Boat on a crane lift being maneuvered near Naval Air Station Key West after hurricane Irma.

Lehnhardt Relieves Baumann as SUPSALV Director
May 18, 2016 — WASHINGTON - Capt. Keith Lehnhardt relieved Capt. Gregg Baumann as the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), May 18... MORE