2 May 2007 - Underwater assessment dives made.

Stevedores prepare new mooring line for diver to attach to sub. In the first two photos the brow which was attached to the sub's stern is clearly visible. Photo 2 shows a parted polypropylene mooring line. Photos 2 and 3 show the wire pennant and shackle being prepared for the diver to use to attach the new line (Click on each image for full size).
Getting the diver ready to step off riprap into river.
Northeast Diving Services President Eva Longobardi manages dive from her work station. A portion of the submerged orange pollution boom can be seen from the diver's helmet-mounted camera.
Stevedores tend new mooring line (barely visible), being attached by diver. The line under tension on the right was cut shortly after the new line was attached. Three shots of destroyer-weight chain run from the bollard in the foreground to the bullnose on the sub.