Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tristan Labuguen | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 09.03.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Members of Task Force Arizona, Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), and local contractors deployed booms, or floating barriers, as part of preservation work at the USS Arizona Memorial, Sept. 3, 2025. In addition to continuous monitoring and protective measures, booms were placed out of an abundance of caution in the unlikely event that......
Photo by Daniel Sanford | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 09.03.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Tugboats steer a crane barge into proximity of the USS Arizona Memorial, Sept. 3, 2025. U.S. Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, advised by the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving and supported by locally contracted salvors, will soon begin extracting two World War II-era mooring platforms from USS Arizona’s hull in support of Memorial......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tristan Labuguen | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 08.07.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Aug. 7, 2025) Members of Task Force Arizona met Aug. 7, 2025, to conduct operational planning and ensure environmental regulation compliance during upcoming salvage operations on USS Arizona. Personnel from Navy Region Hawaii, Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, and local contractors, will work together to remove two......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tristan Labuguen | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 08.07.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Aug. 7, 2025) Bill Manley, Navy Region Hawaii environmental director, shares his expertise and feedback to members of Task Force Arizona Aug. 7, 2025, to reinforce environmental compliance during upcoming salvage operations on USS Arizona. Task Force Arizona, comprised of personnel from Navy Region Hawaii, Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, Mobile Diving and......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Strahan | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 07.22.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) prepares a diamond wire saw while training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 22, 2025. The U.S. Navy will remove deteriorating mooring platforms from the sunken USS Arizona later this year, and MDSU-1 divers will use a diamond wire saw to remove these platforms from the ship’s hull.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Strahan | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 07.22.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) clamp a diamond wire saw while training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 22, 2025. The U.S. Navy will remove deteriorating mooring platforms from the sunken USS Arizona later this year, and MDSU-1 divers will use a diamond wire saw to remove these platforms from the ship’s hull. (U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Strahan | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 07.22.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) clamp a diamond wire saw while training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 22, 2025. The U.S. Navy will remove deteriorating mooring platforms from the sunken USS Arizona’s later this year, and MDSU-1 divers will use a diamond wire saw to remove these platforms from the ship’s hull.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Strahan | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 07.22.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) prepare to use a diamond wire saw while training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 22, 2025. The U.S. Navy will remove deteriorating mooring platforms from the sunken USS Arizona later this year, and MDSU-1 divers will use a diamond wire saw to remove these platforms from the ship’s hull.......
