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Nemo (DSV 5)

Name: NEMO is an acronym for Naval Experimental Manned Observation: Hull Designation: Naval Vessel Registration (NVR) list NEMO as DSV 5.
Design and Manufacturers: Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL), Pacific Missile Range & Naval Air Station Point Mugu

As built to the specifications: Overall Height: 110” Overall Width: 78” Over Weight: 4 Tons Depth capability: 600’ (Deepest dive was 614’) Payload: 450 lbs. Endurance: Normal operations – 8 hours; Emergency operations – 24 hours Personnel Capsule (Sphere): Crew: 2, one pilot and one observer Material: Grade G Plexiglas – 2.5” thick Outside Diameter: 66” Inside Diameter: 61”
Operations:
12 May 1970 – Started test and evaluation off Grand Bahamas Island under joint direction of NCEL and Southwest Research Institute. Made further dives in the California Channel Islands.
1986 – NVR stated NEMO was transferred to other Government Agencies
2011 – Current on display at the Seabee Museum at Port Hueneme, CA.

Size	Image Description	Source
759k	Engineering concept of the *NEMO* for continental shelf depths.	NEMO Photo courtesy of NCEL Report Apr 1970 via Darryl L. Baker.
672k	*NEMO* in the depths.	NCEL Technical Report R676: Development of a Spherical Acrylic Plastic Pressure Hull for Hydrospace Application Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
169k	*NEMO* on location at the Seabee Museum.	Photo courtesy of seabeemuseum.wordpress.com via Darryl L. Baker.

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NCEL Technical Report R676:Development of a Spherical Acrylic Plastic Pressure Hull for Hydrospace Application
Seabee Museum 7/22/2011 Press Release
Popular Mechanics September 1970
GlobalSecurity.org DSV Article

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