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The D-DAY Armada 24,000 US, British, Canadian, French troops began an airborne assault Allies fly 14,674 combat sorties 156,000 allied infantry and armored divisions begin landing 5000+ ships, 702 War ships, 5 cruisers , 307 mine sweepers

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Operation Neptune

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The following days

170,000 vehicles and over 1 million troops landed on the Normandy Beaches following D-Day Over 4,400 allied soldiers killed and 5,000+ wounded on D-Day alone.

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2013 Project Survey Area

UKHO and SHOM Database: Black = UKHO wreck/obstructions Orange = SHOM Mag hits

35nm 10nm

Ouistreham X

X Cherbourg

Survey Vessel 25m Maxi Catamaran – Etoile Magique (Magic Star)

Work Area

Sonar Pole Mount

Survey Catamaran – Phase 1 Edgetech 4600 Survey Operations: July 10th – August 8th

• Goals:

• Survey as much of the area as possible (~500km2) • Identify/classify targets

• Using small ROV, divers, drop camera, and sonar imagery

• Logistics: • Mobilization – Port of Saint Malo, France • Operations underway

• 24hr surveying • ROV and Diving - during slack tide using 6m RHIB

• Personnel transfers – on 6m RHIB (unless in port) • Up to 7days between port stops for fueling/re-supply (no laundry onboard) • Port of call – Ouistreham • Staterooms are small, 2 - 2 person rooms share a head/shower • Communications on board – some cell coverage – basic email/wifi • August 8th – in Port for equipment change out - Cherbourg

Survey Catamaran – Phase 2 R2Sonics UHR Survey Operations: August 10th – 22nd

• Goals:

• Map 8-12 wrecks in high detail with Multibeam • Continue to Identify/classify targets

• Using ROV, divers, drop camera, and sonar imagery

• Logistics: • Mobilization – Cherbourg, France • Operations underway

• Daytime operations – return/leave port at high tides • Monitor/film manned submersible operations • ROV and Diving - during slack tide using 6m RHIB • Serve as logistics center and filming platform

• Port of call – Ouistreham • August 22nd – in Port for demob - Cherbourg

Survey Catamaran – Equipment July 10th – August 8th • Edgetech 4600 • Measutronics – Positioning equipment (Trimble), CODA F175, Seabotix ROV • Hypack / ArcGIS Software • Deep Sea Power and Light – DVR & U/W camera and light system • Seabotix vLBV300 ROV

August 10th – August 22nd • R2Sonics 2024 UHR Multibeam (Survey phase 2) • Measutronics – Positioning equipment (Trimble), CODA F175 • Hypack / ArcGIS Software • Deep Sea Power and Light – DVR – U/W camera and light system • Seabotix vLBV300 ROV

R/V Andre Malraux DRASSM Vessel: French Department of Underwater Archeological Research Manned Submersible platform

Manned Submersibles

Sub Support Ship – Logistics Nuytco Subs: August 10th – 25th

• Goals:

• Dive and film 10 wrecks that tell the story of Operation Neptune • Bring observers down to wrecks, veterans, historians, archeologists

• Logistics:

• Mobilization – Cherbourg, France • Operations underway

• Daytime operations – return/leave port at high tides • Manned submersible operations – slack tide window • Diving – slack tide window • Filming platform

• Port of call – Ouistreham • August 25th – in Port for demob - Cherbourg

Raise a Sherman DD Tank • Late 2013/2014

• Raise sunken Sherman DD Tank off Omaha Beach • Tank custody taken by WW II museum in New Orleans for

preservation and permanent display • Awaiting final permissions, pending archeological and

preservation plans from museum and US Army.

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Landing Ship Tanks Landing Craft Assault

Images and themes for the expedition and documentary

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German U-Boat

U-390

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Minesweeper – USS Osprey

USS Susan B Anthony

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We intend to build on the 2012 Survey

LCT WHOI REMUS 100 AUV Side scan and camera image

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And the 2011 Survey United Kingdom Hydrographic Office / MMT-Netsurvey Ltd. Mulberry ‘B’ Harbour Survey and other wreck sites RESON Multibeam and boat based scanning laser

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2013 Diver Photos

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2013 Expedition Honor the Veterans and their families

Veterans of the “Empire Broadsword”, one of the three troopships that sank during operation Neptune, with the Leopoldville and the Suzan B. Anthony.

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70th Anniversary Ceremony

Our work will be highlighted at the Ceremony in 2014

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Media, Sponsors, and Partners: • Media Partners:

– US: PBS/NOVA – France: France Television – UK: Channel 5 – Germany: ZDF – Japan: NHK

• Collections:

– DVD Collector Set with Pathé Films

• Sponsors/Partners: – Department of Underwater and Undersea Archeological Research (DRASSM) – Marine National (French Navy), the French Government, SHOM, IGN – Normandy Region (Towards creating UNESCO World Heritage Site) – Edgetech – Sonar Systems, donating personnel time – Measutronics – Equipment Supplier – Positioning and ROV, donating personnel time – R2Sonics – Multibeam Sonar Systems – Seabotix – ROV system – Nuytco – Manned submersibles – Hypack – Software Suite, donating personnel time – DeepSea Power and Light – Underwater camera and lighting system – WWII Museum – New Orleans, USA (Sherman Tank permanent display) – United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (2011 Mulberry B survey, 2012, 2013 support) – WHOI (2012 expedition and computer equipment)

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Thanks again to our sponsors and partners: