Trieste II (DSV 1) Flag

This American flag accompanied Navy submersible Trieste II (DSV 1) on many of its missions. Trieste II (DSV 1) performed undersea research, search, and recovery operations for the Navy from 1965 to 1984. With an operating depth of 20,000 feet, it could reach almost...

Torpedo Dynamo-Electric Machines

How do submarines and ships fire weapons? Today they use sophisticated fire control equipment. In the late nineteenth century, they used a dynamo-electric machine. The Farmer’s torpedo dynamo-electric machine was a late-nineteenth century device used to detonate...