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Operation Nimbus Star involved the clearance of naval mines and unexploded ordnance from portions of the Suez Canal and its approaches [1] The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) (later relieved by USS Inchon (LPH-12)) deployed more than a month early with only five days notice, and became the flagship of "Task Force 65" to clear mines from the Suez Canal.
EOD employs a variety of tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to accomplish the mission. Robots are used to perform remote procedures on unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. Efforts to maintain the latest technology are accomplished with the assistance and the DoE and various civilian organizations.
An MH-53E from HM-15 tows a minesweeping sled while conducting simulated mine clearing operations. Minesweeper USS Tide after striking a mine off Utah Beach, 7 June 1944.. Note her broken back, with smoke pouring from amids
A US Navy work diver is lowered to the sea bed during a dive from the USNS Grasp off the coast of St. Kitts. Preparing to raise a mine from the seabed. A clearance diver was originally a specialist naval diver who used explosives underwater to remove obstructions to make harbours and shipping channels safe to navigate, but the term "clearance diver" was later used to include other naval ...
An OPNAVINST or OPNAV Instruction is a formally documented lawful order that is issued by the Chief of Naval Operations.These instructions are typically used to establish United States Navy policy, procedures, and requirements.
Operation End Sweep was a United States Navy and United States Marine Corps operation to remove naval mines from Haiphong harbor and other coastal and inland waterways in North Vietnam between February and July 1973.
The Navy Customs mission is detailed by Navy Reserves and augmented by the active-duty Navy; they are mobilized for a period of 320 days. Upon receipt of orders for mobilization , the reserve members report to a Navy Mobilization Processing Site for processing and screening to ensure they are fit for duty and have no issues that will preclude ...
The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie. [1] As a Major in the Royal Artillery, Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent's Canal, when the barge 'Tilbury', carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder, blew up, killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo.