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MDSU-1 diver from USNS Salvor supports DPAA underwater recovery operations in Palau

KOROR, Palau (Jan. 24, 2018) - Navy Diver 1st Class Scott Johnson, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 and embarked aboard the Safeguard-class salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52), dredges an excavation site with a venturi vacuum system during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) led underwater recovery operation as they search for personnel who went missing during WWII off the coast of Koror. DPAA conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Thompson) 180124-N-QA919-0008

 

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Uploaded on January 30, 2018