Month: September 2016

Current status: On exhibitExhibit: "Saving Submariners" The submarine rescue chamber (SRC) was developed in the early 1930s to rescue submariners from downed submarines. One was famously used in May 1939 to save 33 men trapped in sunken USS Squalus (SS 192). The Navy...

Current status: Not on display The MK 7 Mod 6 swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) was used by Navy Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including during the Vietnam War. SDVs are small, free-flooding...

Current status: On exhibitLocation: Outdoors Trieste II (DSV 1) was a Navy deep submarine vehicle that performed undersea research and tasks, including examining the remains of USS Scorpion (SSN 589) in 1969 and carrying out a now-declassified secret recovery...

Current status: On exhibitLocation: Outdoors Deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) Mystic provided rapid-response submarine rescue capability to the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 2008. In the event of a submarine accident, Mystic or her sister submersible Avalon could be...

Current status: Not on display Submarine battle flags emerged during World War II as a way of marking the number of enemy ships a submarine sank. The designs and symbols used in these unofficial records varied, as each battle flag was individually sewn by the crew of...

Current status: On exhibitExhibit: "Torpedo Technology" USS Tecumseh (SSBN 628) was a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine. She was built by the Electric Boat Company in 1962, launched June 22, 1963, and commissioned on May 29, 1964. As an SSBN, Tecumseh...

Current status: On exhibit Location: Outdoors Sturgeon-class submarines were the workhorses of the Submarine Force during the Cold War. These fast attack submarines conducted surveillance and reconnaissance (intelligence gathering) missions, took part in battle and...

Current status: Not on displayView a digital 3D model of this artifact here Most diving suits are ambient pressure (“soft”) suits that protect their wearers from the cold and surrounding environment, but not from the pressure of the water. At extreme depths, an...

Current status: On exhibit Exhibit: "Behind the Faceplate" The Mark V diving rig was used by the U.S. Navy for deep sea and salvage diving from 1916 through the early 1980s. Designed for intensive diving operations and to provide maximum physical protection, the Mark...

Current status: Not on display The Unmanned Free-Swimming Submersible (UFSS) was one of the first autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It was developed as a test vehicle in the late 1970s to demonstrate the potential of autonomous vehicles over long distances and to...