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 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.......
Photo by Daniel Sanford | 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) operate the power panel of 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......
Photo by Melvin J Gonzalvo | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 06.18.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — A U.S. Navy diver, attached to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One, plunges into Pearl Harbor in order to take measurements of USS Arizona’s mooring platforms during a routine dive on the sunken battleship June 18, 2025. The U.S. Navy plans to remove the aging platforms from Arizona’s hull later this year. (U.S. Navy photo by Melvin J. Gonzalvo)...
Photo by Melvin J Gonzalvo | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 06.18.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — A U.S. Navy diver, from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One, passes his dive gear to his teammate after taking measurements of USS Arizona’s mooring platforms during a routine dive on the sunken battleship in Pearl Harbor June 18, 2025. The U.S. Navy plans to remove the aging platforms from Arizona’s hull later this year. (U.S. Navy photo by Melvin......
