151110-N-RZ218-025 BAHAMAS (Nov. 10, 2015) Steven Benjamin (top) and Joshua Konicki, contractors with Phoenix International Incorporated, inspect the motor control bottle from the Cable Underwater Recovery Vehicle (CURV) aboard the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172). Apache departed Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 19 to begin searching for wreckage from the missing Flagged merchant vessel El Faro. The ship is equipped with several pieces of underwater search equipment, including a voyage data recorder locator, side-scan sonar and an underwater remote operated vehi
151110-N-RZ218-025 BAHAMAS (Nov. 10, 2015) Steven Benjamin (top) and Joshua Konicki, contractors with Phoenix International Incorporated, inspect the motor control bottle from the Cable Underwater Recovery Vehicle (CURV) aboard the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172). Apache departed Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 19 to begin searching for wreckage from the missing Flagged merchant vessel El Faro. The ship is equipped with several pieces of underwater search equipment, including a voyage data recorder locator, side-scan sonar and an underwater remote operated vehicle. The Navy's mission will be to first locate the ship and, if possible, to retrieve the voyage data recorder - commonly known as a black box. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Paul Kotara II/NOT RELEASED)
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