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An Advanced Platform for Direct Deep Sea Observation and Research. Alvin is a 3-person research submarine that takes scientists deep into the ocean. Since its launch in 1964, the Alvin has taken more than 2,500 scientists, engineers and observers to visit the floor of the deep sea.
In the spring of 1962, after unsuccessful negotiations with various submersible builders to rent a sub, Vine and others at Woods Hole requested bids to build a small submersible based on drawings made by Bud Froehlich for a vehicle he called the Seapup.
Woods Hole, MA — Today, the human-occupied submersible Alvin made history when it successfully reached a depth of 6,453 meters (nearly 4 miles) in the Puerto Rico Trench, north of San Juan, P.R. This is the deepest dive ever in the 58-year history of the storied submersible.
In 2022 the human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin completed the final phase of an overhaul that enables it to travel 6,500 meters below the sea surface-more than 4 miles deep and 2,000 meters deeper than Alvin's previous maximum depth.
Alvin Training Materials (Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) The National Deep Submergence Facility is sponsored by the National Science Foundation , the Office of Naval Research , and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
What is Alvin and why do we use it? Alvin is a 3-person research submersible that takes scientists deep into the ocean. Since its launch in 1964, Alvin has taken more than 14,000 scientists, engineers and observers to visit the floor of the deep sea.
Information about Alvin's communication, imaging, illumination, manipulators, navigation, propulsion, science workspace, sensors, obstacle-avoidance sonar, trim, variable ballast, and sampling equipment.
Alvin is the country’s sole research subma-rine capable of diving to such depths. Some 75 space shuttle pilots have flown missions, but since 1965, the job of driving Alvin has gone to just 38 men and one woman. Mechanically minded and adventurous, Alvin pilots are the ocean’s equivalent of astronauts. Their skills have allowed scientists
Instead of replacing the entire vehicle, engineers will build several new, key components that will be integrated into the existing Alvin in mid-2011 during the submersible’s next regularly scheduled major overhaul and modernization, which it undergoes every three to five years.
WHOI scientists used the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry to explore a surprising discovery: gas-filled…