In June the MV Trident rendezvoused with the USN ship USS Salvor above the site. This was the first time the USN have ever dived a WW2 wreck , let alone a 86 man submarine wargrave.

The Salvor is one of four USN Rescue and Salvage ships worldwide, she has a crew of 106. The crew of MV Trident was invited aboard to help brief and then observe the first dive.

The Navy dived surface supplied Heliox with in/water and chamber decompression.