USN SUPSALV Certifies Fly-Away Sat Dive System

The Navy Saturation Fly Away Dive System, SAT FADS, is maintained as a NAVSEA 00C asset used primarily for deep ocean salvage and submarine recovery operations, but is also certified for use inshore. The system was developed and is retained to meet a CNO directive to maintain a saturation diving cap...

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Published inOcean News & Technology p. 12
Main Authors O'Rourke, Colleen E, Leshak, Brian
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palm City Technology Systems Corporation 01.01.2016
Subjects
Armed forces
Diving
Marine
Scuba & skin diving
ASW, Mexico Gulf
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Summary:The Navy Saturation Fly Away Dive System, SAT FADS, is maintained as a NAVSEA 00C asset used primarily for deep ocean salvage and submarine recovery operations, but is also certified for use inshore. The system was developed and is retained to meet a CNO directive to maintain a saturation diving capability in the US Navy. To meet this directive 00C routinely assembles a team of Saturation Divers, military and government civilian, from various NAVSEA and Fleet commands to man and operate the system. On May 11, 2012, a few miles off Panama City, FL, a diving bell containing three divers from the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit descended slowly and steadily into black water of the Gulf of Mexico far below the depth that sunlight can reach. NAVSEA 00C completed SAT FADs Mission 14-01, Seneca Lake 450, at the NUWC Newport Seneca Lake Sonar Test Facility in July 2014.
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ISSN:1082-6106