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Photos: Diving to inspect the USS The Sullivans
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Photos: Diving to inspect the USS The Sullivans

  • Apr 22, 2022
  • Apr 22, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026

Dive crews inspect USS The Sullivans for holes on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Dive supervisor

Dive supervisor

Dive supervisor John Waters monitors the dive on USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Before the dive

Before the dive

Commercial divers Kodi Miller, left, and Chris Kunzelman, right, take a break before diving near USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Divers mask

Divers mask

The masks of commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato before he dives on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Dive prep

Dive prep

Commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato gets ready to make a dive on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Getting ready

Getting ready

Commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato gets ready to make a dive on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

The dive plan

The dive plan

Dive supervisor John Waters talks with commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato before he dives on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Helmet on

Helmet on

Commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato gets his equipment ready before he dives on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Lowering in the water

Lowering in the water

A lift helps commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato into the water as he dives on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo,  Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Using a lift

Using a lift

A lift helps commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato into the water as he dives on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo,  Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Light on

Light on

A lift helps commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato into the water as he dives on the USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

Looking for holes

Looking for holes

Commercial diver Robert "Turbo" Dorato examines the hull of the USS The Sullivans for holes on April 21, 2022.

Mark Mulville/Buffalo News

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Progress reported at the USS The Sullivans; its stern has begun to float again

Progress reported at the USS The Sullivans; its stern has begun to float again

The U.S. Coast Guard and Buffalo Naval Park revealed that more than 33 holes have been plugged in the USS The Sullivans and the ship is not listing as much. The list, once measured at 20 degrees, had dropped to 4 degrees by Friday's measurement,

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