US Navy Museum - Submersibles / 01Trieste
Bathyscaphe Deep Sea Submersible Bill Maloney 2/22/2008 |
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01 Trieste Bathyscaphe
Length: 59 feet, 6 inches
Beam: 11 feet, 6 inches
Draft: 18 feet
Crew: 2
Weight: 50 Tons - With full load of gasoline ballast 150 tons
Deepest Dive: The Challenger Deep, 7 miles down in 1960
Entered Service: 1953
Decomissioned: 1963
Placed on Display: 1980