The Navy just isn't having a great summer. (via TaskandPurpose)
Ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman , the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole and Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class frigate ITS Alpino sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, July 24, 2022.After two brutal losses to Mother Nature, the Navy finally scored a win this summer. On Aug. 3, the Navy was able toThe fighter jet, part of Carrier Air Wing 1 on the Nimitz-class USS Harry S.
The Navy recovery operation found the Super Hornet roughly 9,500 feet below the surface. A salvage team made of several elements of the Navy used the multi-purpose construction vessel Everest as their base, going over to the part of the Mediterranean where the jet was lost. The team then used a CURV-21 remote-controlled salvage vehicle to rig lines to the jet, which was then hoisted back up to the Everest.
It’s still unclear if it was properly secured when it was blown off the carrier. “The rapid response of the combined team, including SUPSALV and Phoenix International personnel, allowed us to conduct safe recovery operations within 27 days of the incident,” Lt. Cmdr. Miguel Lewis, U.S. Sixth Fleet salvage officer, said in a statement on the operation.
The F/A-18E’s weeks-long swim wasn’t the only incident in the last month where Mother Nature decided to wreck millions of dollars of the Navy’s hardware. On July 26, a severe storm tore through Virginia and hit Naval Station Norfolk. It, half of which were MH-60S Knight Hawks, with the rest comprising one MH-60R Sea Hawk and four MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters.
Five MH-60S Knight Hawks, one MH-60R Sea Hawk, and four MH-53E Sea Dragon mine countermeasures helicopters were blown over by strong gusts of wind as a thunderstorm passed through the area. Naval Station Norfolk, VA. July 27, 2022
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