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Watch: 20,000 dive hours spent salvaging the sunken ships of Pearl Harbor

Watch as Navy diver, Petty Officer Melissa Nguyen-Alarcon gives a brief history of the Navy divers who spent over 16,000 hours (civilian dive teams added 4,000 hours) salvaging the ships sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The divers not only aided in the search for survivors immediately after the attack, but also faced unseen dangers of salvaging […]

Watch as Navy diver, Petty Officer Melissa Nguyen-Alarcon gives a brief history of the Navy divers who spent over 16,000 hours (civilian dive teams added 4,000 hours) salvaging the ships sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The divers not only aided in the search for survivors immediately after the attack, but also faced unseen dangers of salvaging the sunken fleet.

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