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US Navy Rearch Underwater Vessel Alvin (DSV-2) at Wood's Hole prior to being placed in service, 5 June 1964.
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USN photo & text courtesy of USNI. |
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Dedication ceremony of the Alvin (DSV-2), 1964.
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Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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US Navy Rearch Underwater Vessel Alvin (DSV-2) is lowered into the water off Palomares, Spain, during the search for a missing Air Force hydrogen bomb. Alvin, the two man research submarine, located the bomb five miles off-shore and it was pulled to the surface April 1965.
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USN photo & text courtesy of USNI. Photo added 04/14/06. |
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Alvin (DSV-2) secured to the well deck of Fort Snelling (LSD-30) in March 1966.
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USN photo & text courtesy of USNI. Photo added 04/14/06. |
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Alvin's (DSV-2) three view ports welded into the hemispheres. This photo was taken after the completion of welding the third view ports and prior to removing the hemisphere from the welding enclosure to the machine shop for machining in 1972 at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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The hemisphere set-up on the BETTS vertical mill for machining the weld joint prep for welding Alvin's (DSV-2) two hemispheres together.
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Close-up of the weld joint during preheat and prior to welding.
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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The two hemispheres being preheated for welding to become the personnel sphere for Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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First page of the lab report on hot forming of the titanium plate to make the two hemispheres for the personnel sphere that is in Alvin (DSV-2). This is the same method used to form the titanium hemispheres used for Sea Cliff (DSV-4).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Cover sheet of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Page three of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Page four of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Page five of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Page six of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Page seven of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson. |
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Cut out of the Alvin (DSV-2).
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Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. |
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Commemorative postal cover marking
Alvin's (DSV-2) dive on the Titanic, 23 August 1995.
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Courtesy of Jack Treutle. Photo added 06/06/06. |
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Alvin (DSV-2), in the depths off the Atlantic coast, date unknown.
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Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Alvin (DSV-2), dockside.
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Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Alvin (DSV-2), aboard her support ship Atlantis.
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Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Alvin (DSV-2), aboard her support ship Atlantis.
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Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Alvin (DSV-2), with divers aboard as she approaches her support ship Atlantis from the stern.
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Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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