050220-N-3541A-013 Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 20, 2005) Ð Navy Dive Officer Charles Spenser has his hard-hat dive helmet checked before a dive from USS Grapple (ARS 53). The Chattanooga, Tenn., native is a member of the 106-member crew of Grapple, a salvage and rescue ship which has been tasked with recovering an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the ocean floor near the coast of Virginia. The MH-53E, assigned to the "Vanguards" of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fourteen (HM-14), was on a routine training mission when it went down approximately 28 miles off the coast of Virginia. A
050220-N-3541A-013 Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 20, 2005) Ð Navy Dive Officer Charles Spenser has his hard-hat dive helmet checked before a dive from USS Grapple (ARS 53). The Chattanooga, Tenn., native is a member of the 106-member crew of Grapple, a salvage and rescue ship which has been tasked with recovering an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the ocean floor near the coast of Virginia. The MH-53E, assigned to the "Vanguards" of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fourteen (HM-14), was on a routine training mission when it went down approximately 28 miles off the coast of Virginia. All eight crew members were rescued. Navy photo by Seaman Davis Anderson (RELEASED) US Navy 050220-N-3541A-013 Navy Dive Officer Charles Spenser has his hard-hat dive helmet checked before a dive from USS Grapple (ARS 53)
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