USS Diver (ARS-5) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for coming...
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A United States Navy diver may be a restricted fleet line (Engineering Duty) officer, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officer, Medical Corps officer, an Unrestricted...
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Rescue and salvage ship (section Diver class)
uses, and USS Shackle remained in service as the 213' United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Acushnet until March 2011. USS Diver (ARS-5) USS Escape (ARS-6)...
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The Diver class of rescue and salvage ship were operated by the United States Navy. This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel...
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California USS Stethem (DDG-63), an Aegis Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, commissioned 1995 A scene from the movie The Delta Force shows a U.S. Navy diver being...
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Wreck diving (redirect from Wreck diver)
include the German submarine U-352, USS Monitor, USS Schurz (SMS Geier), USS Tarpon, USS Yancey, USS Indra, USS Aeolus and USCGC Spar. Others are wrecks...
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Scuba diving (redirect from Scuba diver)
cylinders containing breathing gas at high pressure which is supplied to the diver at ambient pressure through a diving regulator. They may include additional...
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USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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Frogman (redirect from Combatant diver)
Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name...
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11:41 a.m. Diver near an old gun mount Diver near an old gun mount Diver photographing a large reel on deck Bow of USS Spiegel Grove Diver posing near...
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Cave diving (redirect from Cave diver)
involves planned decompression stops. A distinction is made by recreational diver training agencies between cave-diving and cavern-diving, where cavern diving...
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1931 – July 25, 2006) was a United States Navy sailor. He was a Master Diver, rising to the position in 1970, despite having his lower left leg amputated...
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List of United States Navy ships: D–F (redirect from USS Dubhe (ID-2562))
pages. USS D-1 (SS-17) USS D-2 (SS-18) USS D-3 (SS-19) USS Da Nang (LHA-5) USS Dace (SS-247, SSN-607) USS Dacotah (1859) USS Dade (APA-99) USS Daedalus...
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States Navy to help search for the lost submarine USS Scorpion, the Bureau of Ships determined that Deep Diver was unsafe for use at great depths or in extremely...
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36°58′50″N 76°26′18″W / 36.9805°N 76.4384°W / 36.9805; -76.4384 USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy...
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the Sea Diver, 15 miles (24 km) out from Key West, Florida. The objective of the mission was to recover a fish trap from the destroyer USS Fred T. Berry...
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shipfitter, navy diver and welder who served in the United States Navy Reserve on the USS West Virginia and USS Yarnall. He was aboard the USS California during...
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USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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Artificial reef (section Ex-USS Massachusetts)
were sunk deliberately to attract divers. The USS Spiegel Grove and USS Oriskany in Florida, USS Indra and USS Aeolus in North Carolina, and Bianca C. in...
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Professional diving (redirect from Sewage diver)
and codes of practice as it is an inherently hazardous occupation and the diver works as a member of a team. Due to the dangerous nature of some professional...
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Surface-supplied diving (redirect from Surface supplied diver)
underwater diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas through a diver's umbilical from the surface, either from the shore or from a diving support...
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Saturation diving (redirect from Saturation diver)
days to weeks, having them remain under pressure for the whole period. A diver breathing pressurized gas accumulates dissolved inert gas used in the breathing...
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Hammerberg (May 31, 1920 – February 17, 1945) was a United States Navy diver who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers...
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"Captain" Billy Deans is a pioneering wreck and technical diver. "Captain" is the nickname which is widely applied to Billy Deans, however he is a US...
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caused the clamp that was keeping the trunk sealed to open before Hellevik (diver 4) had closed the door to the chamber. This resulted in both chambers being...
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Finland: Diver Mikko Paasi assisted with the rescue efforts. France: Diver Maksym Polejaka assisted with the rescue efforts. Ireland: Diver Jim Warny...
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USS F-4 (SS-23) was a United States Navy F-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Company of Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. Manson...
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determined to become the first black American Navy diver, even proclaiming that he will become a master diver. He eventually is allowed to attend Diving and...
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (also titled USS Indianapolis: Disaster in the Philippine Sea) is a 2016 American war disaster film directed by Mario...
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Diver training is the set of processes through which a person learns the necessary and desirable skills to safely dive underwater within the scope of...
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