Spectators at Redcar, expecting a demonstration rescue by RNLI lifeboat volunteers, were surprised to witness a real rescue mission unfold. On Saturday, July 1, as part of the charity’s Flag Day fundraising, Redcar Lifeboat received an emergency call regarding four missing divers. The Atlantic 85 and the station’s D class ILB crews swiftly initiated a search operation.
Rescue operationDuring a dive near the wreck of the Dimitris off the coast of Redcar, four divers went...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.– Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Feb. 10, 2023. US Navy Photo
The Navy and Coast Guard have finished collecting the remnants of a Chinese high altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina, U.S. Northern Command announced Friday.
“Recovery operations concluded Feb. 16 off the coast of South Carolina,...
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. US Navy Photo
The amphibious warship that has served as the nerve center for the recovery of the remains of a Chinese spy balloon is headed back to port to drop off what divers have recovered, a defense official confirmed to USNI News.
On Thursday, USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) was bound for its homeport at Joint Expeditionary Base...
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023. US Navy Photo
A contracted offshore supply vessel left Virginia bound for the crash site of the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, USNI News has learned.
HOS Rosebud departed from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Wednesday afternoon, according to ship spotters. Defense officials confirmed to USNI...
USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) in 2016. US Navy Photo
A U.S. amphibious warship, explosive and ordnance divers and underwater robots are off the coast of South Carolina surveying about a square mile off the Atlantic Ocean for the remains of a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter shot down on Saturday, defense officials told reporters on Monday.
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2, USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) and an unidentified tug are off the coast of...
Video stills of the Chinese Spy Balloon after it was hit with an AIM-9X anti-air missile fired from a F-22 Raptor on Feb. 4, 2023.
A trio of Navy warships, service divers and the FBI are on the hunt for the wreckage of a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon that was shot down on Saturday by an Air Force F-22 Raptor off the coast of South Carolina, Defense Department officials told reporters Saturday.
“The balloon, which was being used by the PRC in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the...
Importance of Covid-19 vaccination to the offshore diving community stressed
The Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC) has issued new a position statement on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination for offshore divers
DMAC’s statement at www.dmac-diving.org/guidance/DMAC-Statement-202110.pdf makes it clear that the known risks of COVID-19 illness and its related, possibly severe complications, far outweigh the potential risks of having an extremely rare serious adverse...
IMCA sponsors SAT divers in ultimate endurance challenge
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is supporting The Bubbleheads, a team of four divers, as they embark on a major challenge to row across the Atlantic Ocean from La Gomera in the Canary Isles to Antigua in the Caribbean in the 3,000-mileTalisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2021 to raise money for the Wessex Cancer Trust and the British Legion.
IMCA has long supported deep sea saturation divers and their work, providing...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/05/imca-sponsors-sat-divers-in-ultimate-endurance-challenge/
Striving to be more eco-friendly, Estonian Port of Tallinn has established new rules of cleaning and other procedures on ships’ hulls underwater surfaces which can be carried out only with the…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/port-of-tallinn-improves-hull-cleaning-service/
Here’s how the story goes …
Decades ago, there was an active U.S. Army post on Governors Island, in the heart of the New York Harbor in New York City.
Military families resided on the island and stories exist of children getting into mischief and rolling cannonballs down a hill. Some possibly making it all the way to the water’s edge and splashing into the harbor.
Cannonballs and other munitions or explosives of concern are believed to have wound up in the harbor in other ways as well.
“Our...