Hull Inspection of the Justine
About Annapolis Diving Contractors, LLC
Our underwater hull cleaning procedures lower operational costs, increase performance and assist the industry, clients and the marine environment by using the "best management practices" written and adopted by various environmental protection agencies to reduce and extend the life of hull paints.
Annapolis Diving Contractors has followed and implemented these "best practices" for years and continues to follow the guidelines detailed in the
Maryland Clean Diver Pledge.
About Owner, David King
David King, operational manager and lead diver, is a
certified commercial diver with over eighteen years of diving experience. His time on and under the water is vast. David’s
certification and experiences include but are not limited to: Serving in the United States Navy on the USS Monongahela; State
of Maryland buoy tender and ice-breaker as deck hand and diver; The United States Army with a marine deck license on the 314’
MG Robert Smalls and 65’ Small Tug; Scuba certification; Certified Commercial Deep Sea and Helium Diver proficient in: Oxy/Arc
Cutting Underwater, Arc Welding U/W, Explosive Safety, Bridge Inspection, Pneumatic and Hydraulic U/W tools, ROV operation,
U/W Video and recording, Recompression Chamber operations, Saturation Theory and Techniques and of course Hull Inspection and
Cleaning.
A few past diving projects include Sheet pile installation, U/W epoxy coating of failing bulkheads, U/W pressure washing and
jetting, Nuclear Power Plants, Sewage Treatment Plants, Buoy and Piling Removal, The Laying and Connecting of off Shore gas and oil
pipelines, Bridge inspections, piling encapsulation, vessel salvage, propeller removal and installation and an innumerable amount of
hull cleanings.
A Message from David...
As owner and principal diver for Annapolis Diving Contractors, I have serviced and spoken with most of our returning
customers and look forward to fulfilling the needs of new clients as well. Customers of Annapolis Diving Contractors will
continue to get the exceptional service that they received from Tom Kicklighter. Tom and I will continue to work closely
together. There will be no evident changes in customer service, which you have become comfortable with in previous years.
Ron Goldstraw and I will continue to provide your diving services.
With Annapolis Diving Contractors and Diversified Marine working closely together, we will be able to serve all of your Underwater and Top Side needs with one common goal in mind, unprecedented customer service.