Scratch-built model of the Bathyscaphe Trieste II mounted on a wooden base with brass name plate, in a scale of 1/4" = 1' (1:48 scale).
Collection
SPAWAR SYSCEN Pacific Collection
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Fowler, Jess
Role
Modelmaker
Artist
Weisenberg, Sam
Role
Modelmaker
Artist
Ross, Bob
Role
Modelmaker
Notes
Date: early 1960s
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Model
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Trieste II, Bathyscape
Material
Metal
Interpretative Labels
Label
Trieste II (DSV 1) was the first deep submergence vehicle (DSV) built by the U.S. Navy and the successor to the original Trieste bathyscaphe. This original design was heavily modified by the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, California. Construction was completed in 1964 at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the San Francisco Bay area.
Information gathered from operating and overhauling Trieste II helped design its replacements, the Alvin-class submersibles. The Alvins are more capable, more maneuverable, less fragile, but also cannot dive as deep as the original Trieste-class submersibles, reaching only a maximum of 20,000 feet.
