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Assessing damage

#1 · 2026, 2:47 pm

How do crews assess structural damage underwater?

#2 · 2026, 2:48 pm

Visual inspection, tapping for hull integrity, flex testing, and sometimes sonar scanning. Divers report weak points before lift to avoid catastrophic failure.