Deep Drone 7200 - Remotely Operated Vehicle.
LSV - Federation of American Scientists (FAS)/Military Analysis Network web page.
LSV - a GlobalSecurity.org discussion of the LSV.
NON-COMMISSIONED SUBMARINE AND SUBMERSIBLE RESEARCH VEHICLES
ALSO SEE COMMISSIONED RESEARCH SUBMARINE USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555) UNDER "THE BOATS" LINK ABOVE
NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft - NR-1 links page.
DSV-0 TRIESTE is the bathyscaphe that reached the Challenger Deep; also called X-1 Trieste, she retired 1966. Displayed at The Navy Museum, 805 Kidder Breese St., SE, Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia.
Trieste - a Historic Naval Ships Association Trieste page.
Trieste I - NavSource Photo Archive.
Trieste I - a Popular Mechanics article "World's Deepest Diving Sub"; by Paul Eisenstein, published on: May 13, 2003.
U.S. Navy Bathyscaphe Trieste (1958-1963) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center Trieste photo page; being loaded aboard USS Point Defiance (LSD-31) by a floating crane. Photographed about 15 April 1963.....
U.S. Navy Bathyscaphe Trieste (1958-1963) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center Trieste photo page; operating at dockside at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, MA, with a diver and crew assisting, 12 June 1963.
Bathyscaphe Trieste (1958-1963) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center Trieste photo page; .....including a dive to the deepest part of the ocean in January, 1960. In 1963, she went to the Atlantic to search for the lost submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593). Trieste was taken out of service soon after completing that mission and is now on exhibit at the Navy Museum, at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC.
Bathyscaphe Trieste (1958-1963) after 1960 - a U.S. Navy Historical Center Trieste photo page; following her 1959-60 mid-Pacific work, Trieste operated out of San Diego, California, supporting Navy research objectives.
Trieste - a U.S. Navy Historical Center Trieste DANFS
narrative page.
DSV-1 TRIESTE II is an updated bathyscathe (or bathyscaph); also called X-2 Trieste II, she retired 1984. Displayed at Naval Undersea Museum, 1103 Hunley Road, Silverdale, WA.
RV TRIESTE II DSV1 - a Historic Naval Ships TRIESTE II page with history, specs, address.
DSV-1Trieste II - NavSource Photo Archive.
DSV-1Trieste II - a DSV-1 Navy Vessel Register web page.
RV TRIESTE II DSV1 - just a .jpg image of TRIESTE II.
Trieste II - a U.S. Navy Historical Center Trieste II DANFS narrative page.
DSV-2 ALVIN is a deep diving submersible but reaching only half as deep as the two Triestes. The Naval Vessel Register claims that she is still active but at more than 40 years old, that is doubtful.
DSV-2 Alvin - NavSource Photo Archive.
DSV-2 ALVIN - a DSV-2 Navy Vessel Register web page.
DSV-3 TURTLE is Alvin's identical sibling, retired in1998.
DSV-3 Turtle - NavSource Photo Archive.
DSV-3 TURTLE - a DSV-3 Navy Vessel Register web page.
DSV-3 Turtle - a U.S. Navy Historical Center DSV-3 DANFS narrative page.
DSV-4 SEA CLIFF is another Alvin class DSV submersible, retired in1998.
DSV-4 Sea Cliff - NavSource Photo Archive.
DSV-4 SEA CLIFF - a DSV-4 Navy Vessel Register web page.
DSV-4 Sea Cliff - a U.S. Navy Historical Center DSV-4 DANFS narrative page.
DSV-5 NEMO is another Alvin class DSV submersible, retired in1998.
DSV-5 NEMO - a DSV-5 Navy Vessel Register web page.
In 1964, Reynolds Metals Company, headquartered in Richmond, Va., launched an extraordinary creation—the Aluminaut, the world's first aluminum submarine. During its career, the Aluminaut set a world record for the deepest dive by a submarine and traveled the globe to perform scientific research and emergency salvage missions. Its final journey was to the Science Museum of Virginia, where it is permanently displayed.
Aluminaut - a Historic Naval Ships Association Aluminaut page, Richmond, Virginia.
Reynolds Aluminaut - a Science Museum of Virginia Aluminaut page.
The deep submersible vehicle Deep Quest was designed, built, and operated by Lockheed Missiles & Space Company. Its broad program of research was available to both commercial activities and the U.S. Navy. Displayed at Naval Undersea Museum, 1103 Hunley Road, Silverdale, WA.
Deep Quest - a Historic Naval Ships Association Deep Quest page, Keyport, Washington.
The Medium Submergence Vessel RV BEN FRANKLIN was built between 1966 and 1968 in Switzerland for deep ocean explorer Jacques Piccard and the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. She was christened "America's largest submersible". Displayed at Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia.
RV BEN FRANKLIN - a Historic Naval Ships Association page.
Deep Submergence System Program - support for the Navy’s Deep Submergence Vehicles.
DSV - Federation of American Scientists (FAS)/Military Analysis Network web page.
NON-COMMISSIONED MIDGET SUBMARINES
ASDS (Advanced SEAL Delivery System) - NavSource Photo Archive.
GENERAL INFO ABOUT SUBMERSIBLES
World Navies Today: - U.S. Navy Submarines and Manned Submersibles, HazeGray.org page.
Research Submersibles And Undersea Technologies - Loyola U.
Kokes Marine Technologies - Research Submarine for Worldwide Charter.
INDEX TO DSRV-DSV - Ron's Submarine's Covers submersible photos and info.
SUBMARINE RESCUE & DEEP SUBMERGENCE LINKS - by ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.