*Please click on the images below to a larger view.
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Underwater Ordnance Recovery Unit |
Recovery Unit function
test prior to entering the water
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The recovery unit operator
on station in the control chair |
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The grapple accommodates items
up to 48" in diameter |
Recovery Unit with a MK82
practice
shape in its grasp |
The ability of the Terrestrial Unit to remotely handle armed munitions avoids the need to blow in place |
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The control chair |
Known locally as "The Reef of Bombs", this site on Vieques Island was used for ordnance disposal operations |
This crater in the reef is
the result of a high order detonation |
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Underwater Ordnance on
Vieques Island , Puerto Rico |
The control chair |
Former Puerto Rico Attorney General Jose Augustino poses for a picture with a MK84 2000lb bomb off the north shore of Vieques Island |
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Toppino's employee Steven
and UOR company founder Jim Barton
at the start of the sea trials in
Key West , Florida , February 2005 |
The grapple boom has a 15'
reach and a 360 degree swing |
The yard handler permits
remote movement of armed
UXO at a fixed disposal site |
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The Recovery Unit and related
system components secured for travel |
Old style 2000 lb bomb is
measured by company
founder James Barton |
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