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Alvin (DSV-2)

DSV (Deep Submergence Vehicle): Built by General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; Launched, 5 Jun 1964; Completed: 1965, Commissioned: Alvin (DSV-2)

Specifications: Construction: constructed of a fiberglass hull over the metal crew sphere, batteries and electric motors. Weight: 16 Tons Length: 22.5 feet (6.9m) overall Beam: 8 Feet (2.4m): 12 feet (3.7m) over propeller pods Propulsion: electric motor, 1 propeller ahead, 2 rotate for maneuvering Crew Sphere: HY-100 Steel Speed: 2 Knots Operating depth: 13,124 feet (4,000m) Manning: 1 + 2 scientists

Size	Image Description	Source
29k	US Navy Rearch Underwater Vessel Alvin (DSV-2) at Wood's Hole prior to being placed in service, 5 June 1964.	USN photo & text courtesy of USNI.
34k	Dedication ceremony of the Alvin (DSV-2), 1964.	Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
63k	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.	USN photo & text courtesy of USNI. Photo added 04/14/06.
49k	Alvin (DSV-2) secured to the well deck of Fort Snelling (LSD-30) in March 1966.	USN photo & text courtesy of USNI. Photo added 04/14/06.
59k	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.	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
84k	The hemisphere set-up on the BETTS vertical mill for machining the weld joint prep for welding Alvin's (DSV-2) two hemispheres together.	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
62k	Close-up of the weld joint during preheat and prior to welding.	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
82k	The two hemispheres being preheated for welding to become the personnel sphere for Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
49k	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).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
37k	Cover sheet of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
103k	Page three of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
121k	Page four of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
129k	Page five of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
65k	Page six of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
78k	Page seven of the lab report on Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo & text courtesy of Jim Richardson.
53k	Cut out of the Alvin (DSV-2).	Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle.
19k	Commemorative postal cover marking Alvin's (DSV-2) dive on the *Titanic*, 23 August 1995.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle. Photo added 06/06/06.
29k	Alvin (DSV-2), in the depths off the Atlantic coast, date unknown.	Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
34k	Alvin (DSV-2), dockside.	Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
39k	Alvin (DSV-2), aboard her support ship *Atlantis*.	Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
37k	Alvin (DSV-2), aboard her support ship *Atlantis*.	Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
41k	Alvin (DSV-2), with divers aboard as she approaches her support ship *Atlantis* from the stern.	Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Alvin (DSV-2) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Introduction to the Bathyscaph
Submarine Rescue: Ready For The Unthinkable
Deep Submergence Vehicles
ASDS, The Future of Submarine-Based Special Operations

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