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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) of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills ' Electronics Group [1] in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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.
Alvin. The dream of building a manned deep ocean research submersible first started to move toward reality on February 29, 1956. Allyn Vine of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) attended a symposium in Washington, where participants drafted a resolution that the U.S. develop a national program for manned undersea vehicles.
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.
Victor Vescovo took a custom-built two-person submersible to the deepest places in the world’s five oceans. The United States struggled to catch up. The current upgrade was authorized in 2004 by the National Science Foundation, the Alvin program’s main funder.
With seven reversible thrusters, Alvin can hover in the water, maneuver over rugged topography, or rest on the seafloor. With an experienced pilot at the controls, it can collect data throughout the water column, produce a variety of maps and perform photographic surveys.
For 54 years Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has operated the U.S. Navy-owned Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin for the national oceanographic community. Commissioned in 1964, Alvin has made almost 5000 dives (as of November 2018), playing a major role in making important discoveries about the biological, chemical, and geological ...