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USS Grapple |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 (unkown date and contributor) |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 (unkown date and contributor) |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 Swissair Flight 111 assistance. Along with HMCS Halifax (back) conduct operations at crash site Sept. 14, 1998. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Todd P. Cichonowicz. [980914-N-8492C-002] Sept. 14, 1998. |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 (Date Unknown) (Contributed By Rodger Dana) |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 050908-N-0535P-001 Pascagoula, Miss. (Sept. 8, 2005) - The rescue and salvage ship USS Grapple (ARS 53), prepares to get underway for salvage and diving operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. Rescue and salvage ships render assistance to disabled ships; provide towing, salvage, diving, firefighting and heavy lift capabilities. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jay C. Pugh (RELEASED) (Contributed by Ed Lundquist) |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 2200 underway to recover the "black boxes" for Egyptair Flight 990. (Contributed by CDR David Davis, USN CO 1998 - 2000) |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 off Peggy's Cove near Halifax Nova Scotia during the salvage of Swissair Flight 111; you can see an ROV and divers in the water as she sits in a 4 point moorover the wreck. (Contributed by CDR David Davis, USN CO 1998 - 2000) |
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Patches, Plaques and Memorabilia |
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USS Grapple ARS 53 Patch With more Grapple items |
