USA: Seabed Divers Locate Sounding Cables in Coos Bay

Yesterday, Underwater Construction Team TWO teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard to locate sounding cables in Coos Bay, reports DVIDS.

Divers first used an ROV to locate the cable and record the GPS coordinates. Divers followed the ROV’ umbilical to the cable.

They’ve conducted 13 dives with total of 130 minutes of bottom time.

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Howard said, “It was an interesting diversion. I was impressed with the safety procedures that the dive team had in place and I saw how we could incorporate some of that in our operations.” Seaman Galvin from the USCG MLB crew added, “What the Navy team did was some pretty cool stuff; I wish I could do that for a living!”

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Subsea World News Staff, September 04, 2012; Image: dvidshub