Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
Trieste II (DSV 1) was the first deep submergence vehicle (DSV) built by the U.S. Navy and the successor to the original Trieste bathyscaphe. Trieste II performed undersea research and tasks, including examining the remains of USS Scorpion in 1969. Information...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
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 deployed rescue survivors anywhere in the...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
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 a particular submarine. Most...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
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 was operated by alternating blue and gold crews that...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
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 strike group operations, and provided precision...
Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
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 atmospheric pressure (“hard”) suit maintains surface pressure internally,...
