050805-N-4633P-003 San Diego, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2005) - Sailors assigned to the Navy's Unmanned Vehicle (UMV) Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, make preparations to load "Super Scorpio," a robotic rescue vehicle aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The Navy is transporting two of the remotely operated vehicles in an effort to assist the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Super Scorpios and a team of Navy technicians are to be flown from San Diego to Petropavolvsk, then transported by t
050805-N-4633P-003 San Diego, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2005) - Sailors assigned to the Navy's Unmanned Vehicle (UMV) Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, make preparations to load "Super Scorpio," a robotic rescue vehicle aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The Navy is transporting two of the remotely operated vehicles in an effort to assist the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Super Scorpios and a team of Navy technicians are to be flown from San Diego to Petropavolvsk, then transported by truck to be embarked on a Russian ship before making a descent to the stranded submarine. Navy photo by Mr. Geoffrey Patrick (RELEASED) US Navy 050805-N-4633P-003 Sailors assigned to the Navy's Tethered Underwater Vehicle System (TUWVS) Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, make preparations to load Super Scorpio
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