Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Smartwood, Navy diver assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, assists a diver with his dive helmet prior to dive operations from the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp. MDSU-2 and Navy archeologists, scientists, and historians are in the North Sea conducting diving operations verifying the sites of suspected shipwrecks. The researchers hope to find USS Bonhomme Richard, the historic ship commanded by John Paul Jones. (Photo by: Petty Officer 1st Class Ja'lon A. Rhinehart) USS Bonhomme Richard recovery operations 110729-N-EF447-121

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