by USNUM Curator | 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...
by USNUM Curator | 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...
by USNUM Curator | 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...
by USNUM Curator | 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...
by USNUM Curator | 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,...
by USNUM Curator | Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts |
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 V allowed divers to work at much deeper depths than had...
