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2006 Military
Diver Net Removal Training
The 2006 year is shaping up as follows:
Typical 2006 class structure:
Day 1: classroom instruction. Two Navy dive instructors plus the project
manager from the Northwest Straits Commission. Classroom space provided
by the NOAA Dive Center, Seattle, WA.
Day 2 - controlled conditions training (shallow, no currents diving from
the dock at the NOAA Dive Center working with a net introduced into the
water). Two Navy dive instructors plus project manager from the Northwest
Straits Commission.
Day 3 - field day. Actual net removal of derelict fishing net(s).
Day 4 - field day. Actual net removal of derelict fishing net(s)
A fifth day in the Seattle, WA area is scheduled to allow for bad weather.
Equipment and personnel for the "field days"
2 Navy Dive instructors
Project Manager from the Northwest Straits Commission "
Dive Platform (we are seeking LCs, with their crew, from the Army Reserves)
Dive Support RHIB boat/zodiac on station for diver rescues: USCG
All dive teams must arrive at the training with their own underwater communications
systems.
Medical support and decompression chambers are available in the Seattle
area. Accordingly, no portable chambers will be required.
All permitting, dive site selection, net disposal costs, and general
program management is provided by the Northwest Straits Commission and
is funded by NOAA.
Field day dive locations will vary from class to class. An overview of
some existing net
locations is linked with this document.
The above class structure will be repeated up to 6 times in 2006.
Proposed classes (final calendar to be determined
by a final scrubbing of dive teams' availability and boat availability)
April 2006
Class #1. DSU training. (5 divers to be trained).
Class #2 MDSU ONE from HI (leaves their equipment in Seattle for MDSU
ONE from CA)
Class #3 MDSU ONE from CA (one of the Navy instructors will be an attendee
from MDSU ONE's HI team who attended class #2)
June 2006 and August 2006
Classes #4-6 Army dive company
Additional dive experience - DSU ADS mission in
July
In July 2006 the DSU divers who were trained in the April class #1
will return to Puget Sound, WA along with MDV Perkins and LCDR Lehnhardt
with the Atmospheric Diving Suit System (ADS). This experience will help
determine the utility of the ADS for net removal. It will also provide
the DSU with the opportunity to operate the ADS from an Army landing craft.
As the mission of the DSU is rescue, being able to operate off of a variety
of surface ships is valuable. This net removal mission will allow the
DSU to work with Army Reserves vessels and crew, a useful experience in
and of itself.
While the typical diver class' equipment has a small footprint (any LC
would suffice) the ADS has a specific list of needs.
They are as follows:
1. The ADS requires a total of 1130 sqft of deck space to operate at the
prescribed depth of water.
2. The equipment must be able to be secured to the deck by either clover
leaf, baxter bolt, or deck swivels approx. 30 ea.
3. A man rated crane with a SWL of 1500 lbs or better is required to deploy
the suit. (if unavailable through military sources this can be rented)
4. The vessel must be capable of Dynamic Positioning (DP2) or it will
have to be rigged for a multi-point moor. DSU Master Diver Perkins has
stated "barring the deck space requirement, we can overcome any hurdle.
5. A man rated crane can be contracted but would require more deck space
and I own/operate a portable four point moor suitable for holding a Navy
T-ATF or ARS (2481 Tons light displacement) in sea state 3 with a scope
of 7:1 in 850 fsw. We have in the past welded deck swivel mounts to the
deck of a ship. We package our own generators but can use ship's power
to save space."
For DSU mission equipment needs in July using the ADS Tom Perkins Master
Diver Deep Submergence Unit 619-545-9165 ofc 619-519-9688 cell thomas.perkins@navy.mil
The 2006 Dive Class Coordination Team:
Coastal America POC is
William Nuckols Project Coordinator and Acting Military Liaison
Coastal America 300 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20024
202-401-9548 443-994-1493 cell
William.Nuckols@usda.gov
Hayden Street, Coastal America NW Regional Implementation Team IRT Coordinator,
is the POC for compiling the financial components for the IRT package.
Hayden Street, Deputy Regional Environmental Coordinator and Coastal America
Regional Implementation Team member
Navy Region NW, N45B 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 115 Silverdale, WA, 98315
Phone: 360-396-5089 FAX: 360-315-5044 Backup: 360-315-5401
hayden.Street@navy.mil
Northwest Straits Commission point of contact is:
Jeffrey A. June
Natural Resources Consultants, Inc.
1900 West Nickerson St., Suite 207 Seattle, WA 98119-1650
Phone: 206-285-3480 x202 Fax: 206-283-8263
Email: jjune@nrccorp.com
CDR Kevin Barrett is the Navy's Innovative Readiness Training program
coordinator.
(703) 614-7672
Kevin.Barrett@navy.mil
MSG Dean Shackles is the Army Reserves Innovative Readiness Training
program coordinator.
Army Reserve G-3, Current Opns
1401 Deshler St. SW Ft. McPherson, GA 30330
(404) 464-8330 DSN:367-8330 Fax (404) 464-8331
Dean.Shackles@usar.army.mil
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