Search for El Faro [Image 8 of 20]

USNS APACHE, BAHAMAS

10.23.2015

Photo by John Kotara 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

151023-N-RZ218-102
BAHAMAS (Oct. 23, 2015) Mike Unzicker, a contractor with Phoenix International Incorporated, prepare a tow pinger locater 25 (TPL 25) for the upcoming salvage mission aboard USNS Apache (T-ATF 172). USNS Apache departed Norfolk, Va., Oct. 19, to begin searching for wreckage from the missing U.S. Flagged merchant vessel El Faro. The ship is equipped with several pieces of underwater search equipment, including a voyage data recorder locator, side-scan sonar and an underwater remote operated vehicle. The Navy's mission will be to first locate the ship and, if possible, to retrieve the voyage data recorder - commonly known as a black box. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Paul Kotara II/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.23.2015
• Date Posted: 10.26.2015 21:54
• Photo ID: 2250623
• VIRIN: 151023-N-RZ218-092
• Resolution: 4928x3280
• Size: 1.67 MB
• Location: USNS APACHE, BS