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  2. DSV Alvin - Wikipedia

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    6,500 m (21,300 ft) Capacity. 680 kg (1,500 lb) payload. Crew. 3 (1 pilot, 2 scientific observers) Alvin ( DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills ' Electronics ...

  3. USNS Indomitable - Wikipedia

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    The mothership Pressure Drop during the preparation for a dive of the deep diving submersible Limiting Factor. DSV Limiting Factor of Triton Submarines during sea trials. In 2017 the vessel was bought by Caladan Oceanic LLC and prepared to serve as a mother ship for the crewed deep-ocean research submersible DSV Limiting Factor.

  4. List of people who descended to Challenger Deep - Wikipedia

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    Piccard, Walsh and Cameron remained the only people to reach the Challenger Deep until 2019, when regular dives in DSV Limiting Factor began. To date, 19 of the 22 successful descents have been made in the DSV Limiting Factor. No other craft has made a repeat descent. Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan and mountaineer Vanessa O'Brien were the first ...

  5. Underwater acoustic communication - Wikipedia

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    Underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving messages in water. [1] There are several ways of employing such communication but the most common is by using hydrophones. Underwater communication is difficult due to factors such as multi-path propagation, time variations of the channel, small available bandwidth and ...

  6. History of submarines - Wikipedia

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    The limiting factors in submerged endurance for these vessels are food supply and crew morale in the space-limited submarine. The Soviet Navy attempted to use a very advanced lead cooled fast reactor on Project 705 "Lira" (NATO Alfa class) beginning in the 1970s, but its maintenance was considered too expensive, and only six submarines of this ...

  7. Deep-submergence rescue vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) is designed to rescue 24 people at a time at depths of up to 600 m (1,969 ft). Their maximum operating depth is 1,500 m (4,921 ft). Power is provided by two large batteries, one fore, and one aft that power the electrical, hydraulic and life support systems. The DSRV uses mercury in a completely sealed ...

  8. Bathyscaphe - Wikipedia

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    Bathyscaphe Trieste before its only dive into the Mariana Trench The Trieste in 1958. A bathyscaphe (/ ˈ b æ θ ɪ ˌ s k eɪ f,-ˌ s k æ f /) is a free-diving, self-propelled deep-sea submersible, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a Bathysphere, but suspended below a float rather than from a surface cable, as in the classic Bathysphere design.

  9. Talk:DSV Limiting Factor - Wikipedia

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    My suggestions: > Suggest: Limiting Factor is a crewed deep-submergence vehicle (DSV) manufactured by Triton Submarines currently owned and operated by Gabe Newell’s Inkfish ocean-exploration research organization, but previously owned and operated (2018-2022) by explorer Victor Vescovo's ocean research firm, Caladan Oceanic.