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USS Petrel Football Helmet

Apr 1, 2016 | Events, Featured Artifacts

On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber flew over southeast Spain carrying four hydrogen bombs. The aircraft was one of several patrolling European skies with nuclear payloads, ready to retaliate should Cold War tensions escalate. At 10:20 AM, as...

Sealab II: Remembering the “Tilton’ Hilton” 50 Years Later

Aug 28, 2015 | Events

Living underwater might seem like the stuff of a Jules Verne story or a popular TV cartoon. But fifty years ago, 28 Navy aquanauts did just that, as part of the Navy’s groundbreaking Sealab II project. The undersea equivalent of the 1960s space race, the Navy’s three...