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...
Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
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 study laminar flow. The Naval...
Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
The near-term mine reconnaissance system (NMRS) was an interim program developed to bring organic mine warfare capability to the Submarine Force before a long-term system (LMRS) could be completed. NMRS consisted of two torpedo-shaped, tethered unmanned underwater...
Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
The mine neutralization vehicle (MNV) is a type of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) used by Navy mine countermeasure (MCM) ships to locate and destroy underwater moored and bottom mines. Development of the MNV began in the mid-1970s by the Naval Ocean Systems Center...
Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
Makakai is a two-man, free-swimming submersible that was developed by the Navy to serve as an oceanographic research vehicle as well as a submersible developmental test and demonstration platform for undersea hardware. It features several unique characteristics that...
Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
The MK 13 torpedo was the primary air-dropped torpedo of World War II and the first torpedo designed specifically for aircraft use. It was employed extensively by aircraft and patrol torpedo (PT) boats during World War II for anti-ship warfare. Initially flawed in its...
