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WASHINGTON (May 7, 2016) Display Ship Barry is pulled by tug boats to transport the ship from the Washington Navy Yard to the Inactive Shipyard in Philadelphia. Barry was commissioned Sept. 7, 1956 and became a display ship in 1984. 160507-N-217SW-975 (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Adam Webb/Released)

SAVANNAH, Ga. (Aug. 21, 2015) Navy Diver 1st Class Kurt Eberle, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU/2), enters the water to conduct salvage operations on CSS Georgia in the Savannah River. Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 and explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Mobile Unit 6 are working in conjunction with archeologists, conservationists, Naval History and Heritage Command and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a project directed by Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving to salvage and preserve CSS Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Blake Midnight/Released)

SAVANNAH, Ga. (Aug. 17, 2015) Members of the CSS Georgia salvage project watch as a 17,000-pound guillotine, used to break up pieces of CSS Georgia, is raised from the Savannah River. Navy divers assigned to MDSU/2 and explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Mobile Unit 6 are working in conjunction with archaeologists, conservationists, Naval History and Heritage Command and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a project directed by Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving to salvage and preserve CSS Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Blake Midnight/Released)

The Naval History & Heritage Command, Det Boston (Apr. 10, 2015), requested NAVSEA Supervisor of Salvage and Diving’s (SUPSALV) assistance in conducting a waterborne underwater hull cleaning and comprehensive inspection of the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy's Fleet; USS CONSTITUTION "Old Ironsides" prior to dry-docking.

Hyperbaric Aluminum Welding Procedure (Feb. 4, 2014) Phoenix International welder diver, Whitney Ergot, performs the welding for the qualification of the Navy's new Hyperbaric Aluminum Welding Procedure.
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SUPSALV Supports Removal of Display Ship BARRY

26 April 2016, Washington Navy Yard - This week, SUPSALV (NAVSEA 00C) continues to prepare to tow Display Ship BARRY (DD 933) from Pier 2 at the Washington Navy Yard to Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, PA.  BARRY, which has been docked at the Washington Navy Yard since 1983 and has provided generations of Washingtonians the opportunity to see 1950’s vintage naval destroyer.  The ship is scheduled to be towed away from the Navy Yard on 7 May 2016.  

Navy Scientists and Engineers Develop Dive Buddy to Assist Divers

19 April 2016, Panama City, Florida - Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers collaborated with the Naval Post Graduate School and developed a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) as a tool to aid U.S. Navy divers in navigation, communication, search and transportation.

Team Searches for Vanished U.S. - Flagged Vessel: Joint team searches for El Faro

14 March 2016, Washington Navy Yard - To locate the vessel investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and U.S. Coast Guard were supported by a team of civilian mariners from the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC), diving and salvage experts from Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), and contractors from Phoenix International Inc. 

SUPSALV Validates LCS APU Removal/Installation Procedures

24 September 2015, Washington Navy Yard - WASHINGTON - The Naval Sea Systems Command's Office of the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) has responded to a PEO LCS request to establish underwater maintenance and repair processes and procedures for the Retracting Azimuthing Thruster (RAT) for INDEPENDENCE variant Littoral Combat Ships. SUPSALV’s Underwater Ship Husbandry Division (UWSH) that develops waterborne repair procedures for the fleet was assigned the task.

SUPSALV Supports CSS Georgia Recovery Operations

23 July 2015, Washington Navy Yard - The U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) is providing vital salvage assistance to recover historical artifacts from the wreckage of the Civil War-era CSS Georgia in Savannah, Georgia harbor, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced July 23.

SUPSALV Clears Fort Pierce Channel of Sunken Barge

April 23, 2015 - FORT PIERCE, Florida - The Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) removed a barge that sank in the Fort Pierce ship channel, 100 yards inside the end of the ocean jetties, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced April 23.  
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