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Search for mysterious diver continues off Norfolk Piers
Navy Times ^ | 7/31/2017 | Mark Faram

Posted on 07/31/2017 1:50:02 PM PDT by NorCoGOP

Norfolk, Va. — The Navy’s search for a possible diver who was trespassing in the waters surrounding the piers at Naval Station, Norfolk, will likely continue for some time, a Navy official said.

“They are still searching for the possible diver,” said Kelly Wirfel, spokeswoman for Naval Station Norfolk in an email around 2:30 p.m. Monday.

“It will most likely take some time until they can clear the entire area,” Wirfel said.

Norfolk’s piers and ships were put on lock down Monday morning after reports of a possible diver in the water.

“At 9 a.m. this morning a shipboard watch stander reported a possible diver in the water,” said Kelly Wirfel, spokeswoman for Naval Station Norfolk. “That sighting was confirmed by multiple other watch standers and the situation is still under investigation.”

Wirfel said the Navy Criminal Investigation Service, Navy explosive ordnance disposal, Naval Station Norfolk base security and fire departments are still on scene investigating.

“All piers remain on lockdown and ships are in a security alert status,” she said.

The base itself is not locked down, only the piers, she said. It remains unclear when the lockdown will be lifted.

Stay tuned to Navy times for further information as it becomes available.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: diver; intruder; isolatedincidents; navy; norfolk; pier7; scubadiver; seahunt; seaportsecurity; terrorism; terrorist; usn; usnavy; virginia
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1 posted on 07/31/2017 1:50:02 PM PDT by NorCoGOP
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To: NorCoGOP

Sounds like a Sea Hunt in progress.


2 posted on 07/31/2017 1:52:00 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: NorCoGOP

Sounds like a Sea Hunt in progress.


3 posted on 07/31/2017 1:52:01 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: NorCoGOP

Little Creek is near this. This dude better not be a tranny in the making.


4 posted on 07/31/2017 1:53:11 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: NorCoGOP

Ships on security alert is a big deal. All day long is very difficult. Only seven people are allowed to move around, the five armed members of the team, the captain and the NUCWEPS security officer.


5 posted on 07/31/2017 1:57:25 PM PDT by exnavy (long live the .45 colt, the original handgun cartridge.)
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To: All

Can Muzzies SCUBA?

Those beards might interfere with a good seal.

Or maybe it is the Russians, Russians Russians!


6 posted on 07/31/2017 2:00:33 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: NorCoGOP

This bothers me because everyone knows where the missile compartment is via pics all over the internet.
I served 40 years ago on an SSBN and this bothers me.


7 posted on 07/31/2017 2:00:40 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: exnavy

Ships on security alert is a big deal. All day long is very difficult. Only seven people are allowed to move around, the five armed members of the team, the captain and the NUCWEPS security officer.

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What is ‘NUCWEPS’? Nuclear weapons?


8 posted on 07/31/2017 2:01:31 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

navy has a few “divers” at Little Creek...LOL


9 posted on 07/31/2017 2:04:32 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Undecided 2012

Start dropping hand grenades in the water.
Bet that will bring him topside, one way or another


10 posted on 07/31/2017 2:05:25 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: NorCoGOP

We can only hope they find him ASAP.


11 posted on 07/31/2017 2:05:34 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: NorCoGOP

Did they see the diver or the bubble trail? Would think a bad guy would use a rebreather.


12 posted on 07/31/2017 2:07:15 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: All

OR, maybe it is “Red Cell” testing security.


13 posted on 07/31/2017 2:09:04 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: NorCoGOP

Here’s who I suspect is the culprit...

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/environment/harbor-seals-are-back-in-the-chesapeake-bay/article_681e41e9-05c4-52ce-8edc-d905f661c275.html


14 posted on 07/31/2017 2:09:17 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: NorCoGOP

This is the same Navy that just lost several sailors due to an unexplainable crash of the USS Fitzgerald?

Seems like the Navy might want to look at some leadership issues from the top down. JMHO, and in no way am I attempting to disparage those individuals serving or veterans.


15 posted on 07/31/2017 2:09:54 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Keyhopper

Fight to win. This coming war will be on our shores. Too many ‘immigrants’ to stop at once.

Start dropping hand grenades in the water.
Bet that will bring him topside, one way or another


16 posted on 07/31/2017 2:10:09 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: NorCoGOP

Time to test the NAVY’S NEW SWIMMER-SMACKING GRENADES!


17 posted on 07/31/2017 2:10:53 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!)
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To: Dacula

They’re probably looking for fingerprints.


18 posted on 07/31/2017 2:11:13 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to surviive.)
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To: Riley
"Sounds like a Sea Hunt in progress."

¿Quién es más macho?

19 posted on 07/31/2017 2:11:41 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: NorCoGOP

Throw flash-bang grenades into the water.

50 meters away, the sound conduction in the water would leave them totally disoriented and permanently deaf.


20 posted on 07/31/2017 2:13:12 PM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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