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428-GX-KN-690: U.S. Navy Bathyscaph Trieste, 1959

428-GX-KN-690: U.S. Navy Bathyscaph Trieste, 1959. Ship Repair Facility, Guam. Jacques Piccard and Earnest Vigil load iron shot, which is used for ballast of the vessel, onboard the bathyscaph Trieste. Photographed November 12, 1959. (U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. Note, photographed from reference card only. (2016/02/17).
Caption: U.S. Navy Bathyscaph Trieste, 1959. Ship Repair Facility, Guam. Jacques Piccard and Earnest Vigil load iron shot, which is used for ballast of the vessel, onboard the bathyscaph Trieste. Photographed November 12, 1959. (U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives. Note, photographed from reference card only. (2016/02/17).
Accession #: 428-GX-KN-690
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