2300 | |
Bushnell's TURTLE used to place explosives to British ships in 1776. |
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2301 | |
Inside HYDROLAB habitat. |
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2302 | |
Navy's Deep Sea Rescue Vehicle, DSRV-1, used to assist the submarine fleet. |
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2303 | |
SEALAB III, last of the Navy's undersea habitats, circa 1969. |
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2304 | |
Bathyscathe, TRIESTE II, dove to over 13,000 feet in the late 1960s. |
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2305 | |
Navy's nuclear research sub NR-1 still operates out of Groton, CT. |
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2306 | |
Diver exits Navy Mark I Personnel Transfer Capsule (PTC). |
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2307 | |
Personnel Transfer Capsule (PTC) is used to evacuate undersea habitats. |
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2308 | |
DEEPSTAR 2000 submersible launched in 1969 by Westinghouse. |
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2309 | |
Inside GEORGE F. BOND habitat, renamed AQUARIUS before its first deployment. |
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2310 | |
Schematic of the HELGOLAND habitat operations to study herring off New England. |
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2311 | |
16th century painting of Alexander the Great, lowered in a glass diving bell. |
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2312 | |
In 1680, physicist Giovanni Borelli attempts to recycle his own breathing air. |
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2313 | |
CAV (Construction Assistance Vehicle) could transport a ton at over 2 knots. |
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2314 | |
TEKTITE I undersea habitat was built by General Electric in 1969. |
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2315 | |
EDALHAB habitat and support ship Lulu during FLARE project. |
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2316 | |
Roman Vegetius' impractical vision of a leather helmet and umbilical for war. |
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2317 | |
Lethbridge diving machine, 1715-- a one atmosphere system. |
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2318 | |
Model of TEKTITE habitat, circa 1970. |
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2319 | |
Inside TEKTITE I habitat, used by NASA to study drew performance. |
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2320 | |
SEALAB III and support ship USS Elk River-- fatality ended operations early. |
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2321 | |
An AUV as the first line of event response |
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2322 | |
Long-term observatories serve as bases for various undersea operations. |
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2323 | |
History of manned submersibles; Alvin is the only US submarine left that can reach 4,000 meters. |
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2324 | |
Circa 1950 hard hat dive suit. |
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2325 | |
DSV Alvin samples a hydrothermal vent. |
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2326 | |
An early diving bell used by 16th Century divers during salvage operations. The book this came from is a text on ship salvage and includes diving information. In: Regola generale di soleuare ogni fondata naue & nauilii con ragione" by Niccolo Tartaglia. |
Mediterranean Sea 1562 publishing date of book. |
2327 | |
NURP was formed based on a 1980 National Research Council review. |
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2328 | |
Logo of the National Undersea Research Center at UNCW, Southeast region. |
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2329 | |
Gulf of Mexico showing continental slope and Flower Gardens Banks. |
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2330 | |
Conch Reef, FL, home of the AQUARIUS undersea lab. |
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2331 | |
NURP logo as of 1997. |
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2332 | |
Undersea technologies from other countries. |
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2333 | |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NURP's agency. |
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2334 | |
1975 cover of the NOAA Dive Manual. |
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2335 | |
Cover to 1990 NURP brochure. |
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2336 | |
Deep sea submersibles, 1960-1990. |
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2337 | |
Inventory of undersea habitats, 1973. |
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2338 | |
Aquaculture facility on Lee Stocking Island, run by NURP's Caribbean center. |
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2339 | |
Schematic of NURP's former center at the Univ. of S. California. |
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2340 | |
Chart showing world's largest mountain range - the mid-ocean ridge system. |
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2341 | |
Axial Volcano, site of an observatory that monitors seismic activity. |
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2342 | |
USS MONITOR the night it sank off Cape Hatteras |
Offshore from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 1862 December 31 |
2343 | |
Chart showing the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges, hydrothermal vent sites. |
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2344 | |
Regions of responsibility for the NURP centers. |
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2345 | |
The ALBATROSS with surface and dipnets in use. In: "Dredging and Other Records of the Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", compiled by C. H. Townsend, 1901. Library Call Number QH91.57.R47 A4 1901. |
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2346 | |
Plate 29. Plans of the deck and apparatus of the BLAKE. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880. |
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2347 | |
Plate 31. View of the BLAKE's deck, looking aft from the starboard side of the pilot house, ready for dredging. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880. |
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2348 | |
Plate 32. The forward side of the dredge reel and its engine. The reel having on it 2700 fathoms of the steel rope recommended by Professor Alexander Agassiz. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880. |
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2349 | |
Plate 33. View of the main hoisting engine from the starboard side. In: "Deep-sea Sounding and Dredging" by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880. Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880. |
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