Trieste II (Bathyscaphe)
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Trieste II (DSV-1) was the successor to Trieste – the United States Navy's first bathyscaphe purchased from its Swiss designers.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Trieste II |
Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
Completed | 1964 |
In service | 1 September 1969 |
Out of service | 1980 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Preserved at the Naval Undersea Museum |
General characteristics | |
Type | Deep-submergence vehicle |
Displacement | 46 long tons (47 t) |
Length | 67 ft (20 m) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) |
Test depth | 20,000 ft (6,100 m) |
Complement | 2 |
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