2150 | |
Lockheed Corp.'s DEEP QUEST was instrumented more like a space ship than a sub. |
|
2151 | |
MIR prepares to dive to over 6000 meters, second to SHINKAI 6500. |
Russia |
2152 | |
Two MIR subs took underwater footage appearing in the movie "Titanic." |
Russia |
2153 | |
MIR during recovery-- sphere is made of high strength steel made in Finland. |
Russia |
2154 | |
DSV TURTLE is taken aboard Navy support ship Laney Chouest. |
California, Monterey Bay 1991 April |
2155 | |
PICSES V deployed from submerged launch-retrieval-transport (LRT) barge. |
Hawaii |
2156 | |
PISCES V transported aboard LRT off Hawaii. |
Hawaii |
2157 | |
Divers ready to release PISCES V from LRT. |
Hawaii |
2158 | |
CLELIA, a Perry Oceanographic-built sub, prepares to launch. |
Florida |
2159 | |
Divers secure semi-submersible barge after releasing submersible. |
Hawaii |
2160 | |
DEEP ROVER is a one person sub with an acryllic sphere. |
|
2161 | |
Deep Ocean Engineering's DEEP ROVER one person sub dives to 300 meters. |
|
2162 | |
JSL prepares to dive-- note dryer hose type suction tube on the arm. |
|
2163 | |
ALVIN in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. |
1978 August |
2164 | |
ALVIN is named after engineer Allyn Vine-- not a chipmunk. |
1978 August |
2165 | |
ALVIN descends to its maxium depth of 4000 m (mean ocean depth is 3800 m). |
|
2166 | |
ALVIN loaded for sample collection dives in 2500 meters off New Jersey. |
New Jersey |
2167 | |
ALVIN and its original catamaran support ship, LULU. |
Florida 1971 November |
2168 | |
NEKTON GAMMA begins descent to sample Bahamian reefs. |
Bahamas, Lee Stocking Island |
2169 | |
DELTA deployed off Oregon to study rockfish habitat. |
Oregon 1990 September |
2170 | |
ALUMINAUT, 51 ft. long, five person sub, more submarine than submersible. |
1972 March |
2171 | |
ASHERAH,shallow (200 m), cheap ($25,000) Navy submersible built in 1964. |
|
2172 | |
ALVIN deploys baited traps to attract six gill sharks. |
|
2173 | |
MERMAID deployed from support ship Aloha-- commercial sub leased for science. |
|
2174 | |
WASP pilot trains to do underwater manipulative tasks. |
|
2175 | |
JIM suit recovered through Arctic ice. |
|
2176 | |
JIM is named after Jim Jarrett, Tritonia suit diver and Lusitania explorer. |
|
2177 | |
Dr. Sylvia Earle prepares to dive in a JIM suit. |
|
2178 | |
Clelia submarine on board Harbor Branch's Sea Diver. This submersible dives to 1,000 meters. |
|
2179 | |
Pisces V prepares to dive to 2,000 meters off Hawaii. |
|
2180 | |
Launching the DSV Turtle from the Laney Chouest. |
|
2181 | |
DSV Alvin hovers above deck before diving to 4,000 meters. |
|
2182 | |
DSV Alvin sets a lander basket with tube cores on the bottom. |
|
2183 | |
Kevin McCarthy communicates with the surface while in saturation. |
|
2184 | |
Dr. Sylvia Earle displays samples to aquanaut inside TEKTITE. |
|
2185 | |
Personnel Transfer Capsule (PTC) can mate with habitats and evacuate aquanauts. |
|
2186 | |
EDALHAB was built of salvage materials and similar in design to HYDROLAB. |
|
2187 | |
The main chamber of HELGOLAND was known as the "pregnant elephant." |
1975 September |
2188 | |
AEGIR, named for the Norse god of the sea, was designed for depths to 180 m. |
1982 |
2189 | |
NURP's AQUARIUS habitat was first named after George Bond, "Pappa Topside." |
1986 |
2190 | |
Habitat chambers must be routinely stripped and recertified every 4-5 years. |
|
2191 | |
HELOGOLAND's life support buoy provided power and communications. |
1975 |
2192 | |
SEALAB I was the first habitat in the Navy's now defunct man-in-the-sea program. |
1964 |
2193 | |
SEALAB II, resting on an angle off California, was dubbed the "Tilton Hilton." |
1965 |
2194 | |
Model of TEKTITE I, last of Navy's habitats, conducted a 60 day mission in 1969. |
|
2195 | |
LA CHALUPA, built in 1972, now operates as an undersea hotel off Key Largo, FL. |
1972 |
2196 | |
Aquanaut works at computer inside AQUARIUS. |
1988 |
2197 | |
AQUARIUS, deployed in 1986 off St. Croix, due to dedication of Sen. L. Weicker. |
St. Croix, USVI 1986 |
2198 | |
SEALAB II built on SEALAB I, e.g., multiple chambers & dedicated support ship. |
1965 |
2199 | |
Snorkeler visits the Marine Resources Lab now in a lagoon off Key Largo, FL. |
Key Largo, FL |