What Is Saturation Diving?

Saturation diving is often used in recovery missions. Divers receive breathing gas through a hose and air compressor from the surface, but who don't remain at pressure like saturation divers do. Marie was involved in the recovery mission of the us. S monitor, an ironclad warship from the american civil war that was lost at sea during a storm in 18 62 off the coast of north carolina. The navy spent millions on the operation to salvage parts of the ship while training divers in deep sea conditions.