Keywords: Underwater salvage near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.jpg 070604-N-4868G-007 PANAMA CITY Fla June 4 2007 - A U S Navy Diver attached to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit MDSU 2 Det 6 prepares a lift bag to salvage tires off the coast of Fort Lauderdale Florida MDSU 2 is conducting salvage operations in conjunction with U S Army Deep Sea Divers and U S Coast Guard divers through the Innovative Readiness Training program The goal of the salvage mission is to retrieve approximately 2 million tires The tires were placed on the ocean floor in the 1970s to act as an artificial reef However coral would not stick to the rubber and the tires now present an environmental hazard Salvage operations will continue for the next month then resume next year U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jack Georges RELEASED http //www navy mil/list_single asp id 46926<br />http //www navy mil/management/photodb/photos/070604-N-4868G-007 jpg 2007-06-04 Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jack Georges PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy Divers Underwater photographs of scuba divers Lifting bags Underwater work |