Missions NR-1

Missions NR-1. . , In her nearly forty years of service, NR-1 was involved in a number of important missions, many of which may remain classified for years to come. Those that have beed revealed include: , 1976 Recovery Effort Phoenix Missile , October 1976 NR-1 searches for and finds a Navy F-14 Tomcat in 1,960 ft of water carrying the then new Phoenix missile. Using the manipulator arm, NR-1 attached a line to the plane which was then hoisted to the surface. , 1999 EgyptAir 990 NR-1 Search and Recovery Efforts , An invstigation of the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 990, 1999. The aircraft, on its way from Los Angeles to Egypt, crashed into the ocean just south of Nantucket on 31 October. NR-1 surveyed the crash site and took photographs of the wreckage. She also recovered pieces of the plane, including the cockpit voice recorder which was critical to the investigation of what had gone wrong. , 1997 INS Dakar (77-y) (Hebrew: “Swordfish”) , The mapping of a Mediterranean trade route and the discovery of five shipwrecks, 1997. Working in deep water long Skerki Bank.a geographical feature of the ocean floor that lies along the shipping lane between ancient Carthage and Rome, NR-1 discovered the remains of five ancient shipwrecks, their cargoes lying virtually undisturbed NR-1 also was utilized to help look for the Israeli submarine Dakar, lost with all hands on her maiden voyage from England in1968. , Final Mission: , 2008 Bonhomme Richard Captain John Paul Jones The last mission of the NR-1 was the search for the Bonhomme Richard which sank off the Yorkshire coast in 1779. This ship was commanded by the famous American captain John Paul Jones. , 1969-1971: Operational Testing of NR-1 , 1976: Phoenix Air-to-Air Missile Recovery - Sophisticated Guidance and Control Technology , 1979: Trident Missile Component Recovery - State of the Art Strategic Missile Technology , 1980: Blake Plateau Oceanographic Operations - Geological Survey for Mineral Nodules , 1981: Bermuda Sound Source Recovery, Cable Inspections , 1981: Brawdy Cable Jetting , 1982: Recovery of Military Object off Florida , 1984: Rekyjanes Ridge Survey - Marine Biology , 1984: Locate SSBN Propeller - Dampened Screw Design Technology , 1985: Continental Shelf Survey - Shelf Silt Drift , 1985: Search for Missile Components (Trident/Pershing) , 1986: Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Vent Seeps Survey , 1986: Space Shuttle CHALLENGER Debris Recovery , 1987: Virginia Capes NAVOCEANO Geodetic Survey , 1987: Gulf of Mexico Science Operations (Texas A&M) , 1988 Charleston OPAREA HITS Survey - Detail Bathometry and Ship Wreck Locations for SSN/SSBN Sea Trails , 1989: Gulf of Mexico Science Operations (Texas A&M) , 1989: Dump Site Survey (NOAA/NURP) - Verify No Apparent Affect of Dumping on Sea Life , 1989: Virginia Capes Survey - Recovery of NAVOCEANO Tow Fish , 1989: Blake Plateau Survey (US Geological Survey) - Sinkhole Survey , 1989: SPAWAR Cable Burial , 1990: Charleston OPAREA HITS Survey - Detail Bathometry and Ship Wreck Locations for SSN/SSBN Sea Trials , 1990: Gulf of Maine Opérations (University of Maine) - Marine Life and Marine Biology Surveys , 1990: Overhaul Portsmouth, NH , 1992: NBOA Training Minefield Survey - Search for Non-responding Acoustic Training Mines , 1993: Blake Plateau Scientific Operations - Mineral Nodules, and Coral Reef Surveys , 1993; Gulf of Mexico - Pipeline Surveys , 1993: F-15 Ejection Seat Recovery , 1994: Minefield and Hull Integrity Test Sites Survey , 1994: NAVOCEANO Surveys VCOAS , 1994: EASTLANT Surtass Array Recovery , 1994: NOAA/NURP Science Support - Variou , 1995: F-15E Search , 1995: WHOI Archeological Studies in Mediterranean region - HMHS Britannic Discovered , 1995: Jason Project - Florida Keys , 1998: OAS and Acoustic Communication R&D , 1996: Florida Keys Texas A&M-Various Scientific Surveys , 1996: NATO Support for Norwegian Coast Mapping - Discovered Nautilus Submarine from Sir Hubert Wilkin’s Arctic Expedition of 1931 in Bergen Harbor , 1997: Archeological and Ocean Engineering Studies in Mediterranean , 1997: 1200 nautical mile Search for Israeli Navy Submarine DAKAR Lost at Sea in 1968 , 1998: Low Frequency Broadband Variable Sonar R&D Testing with NUWC , 1998: Gulf of Mexico Texas A&M Seabed Surveys for Geothermal/hydrovents and Deep Sea Hydro-biology , 1998: Bottom Survey Support for Coast Guard and FBI in Investigation , 1999: EgyptAir Flight 990 Debris Recovery , 2001: Adriatic Torpex Support , 2001: Sediment and Archeological Surveys in lonean Sea for the Institute for Nautical Archeology. , 2002: Surveys of USS Monitor and USS Akron , 2002: Berry Island Minefield Survey and Mine Placement , 2002: Gulf of Mexico Texas A&M Seabed Survey for Deep Water Corals, Methane Seeps, and other Geological Features , ( photo captions ) , , NR-1 successfully recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 990. , , A slice of an SRB Explosive Nut used on STS 31, 1-B, 26 Nov. 1985 at 7:29 pm.