DSV Turtle
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Turtle (DSV-3) was a 16-ton, crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy. It is sister to Alvin (DSV-2), and also an Alvin class deep-submergence vehicle.
History[edit]
Turtle (DSV-3) was designed and built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut. Turtle and her sister Sea Cliff (DSV-4) were launched on December 11, 1968. Turtle was named after Turtle Town, a small community in Polk County, Tennessee. Her name also pays tribute to the American submarine Turtle which served in the American Revolution. Turtle was accepted by the US Navy on September 25, 1970 at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Turtle was designed to dive to 6000 feet. When DSV-2 Alvin installed a new titanium hull, the Alvin steel hull was installed in the Turtle. The Turtle depth rating was then increased to 10,000 feet. It has a hull 2 inches thick,[citation needed] and a hatch about 3-1/2 inches thick held in place by the pressure of the water above it (it is tapered, narrower inward). The Alvin-class DSV's were designed to replace older DSV, such as the less maneuverable Trieste-class bathyscaphes.
Turtle spent her career as a unit of the U.S. Navy's Submarine Development Group 1 in San Diego, California.
The Turtle was retired from active service on October 1, 1997. It was stricken from the US Navy Register on April 15, 1998 and is now is on display at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut.
Awards[edit]
Turtle earned one National Defense Service Medal in 1970.[1] In addition to that she was awarded with the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) in 1982, 1983 and 1990.[2][3][4]
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In fiction[edit]
In fiction, she was featured in the 1980 film Raise the Titanic; she was one of several submersibles in the salvage fleet, and one of two (along with the fictional NUMA submersible Deep Quest) that actually discovered the wreck.
Alvin class DSV[edit]
- DSV Alvin (DSV-2)
- DSV Sea Cliff (DSV-4)
- Nemo (DSV-5)
See also[edit]
- Deep-submergence vehicle – Deep-diving crewed submarine that is self-propelled
- Deep-submergence rescue vehicle – Submersible used for rescue of downed submarines and clandestine missions
- Bathyscaphe Trieste – Deep sea scientific submersible
- Bathyscaphe Trieste II
References[edit]
- ^ "DSV-3 TURTLE National Defense Service Medal - 1970". navy.togetherweserved.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "DSV-3 TURTLE Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) - 1982". navy.togetherweserved.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Deep Submergence Vehicles" (PDF). Naval History Photographic History of the U.S. Navy. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "DSV-3 TURTLE Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) - 1990". navy.togetherweserved.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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