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Bathyscaphe Trieste and Krupp Sphere


Detail view 1 of Bathyscape Trieste

Title: Bathyscaphe Trieste and Sphere
Accession #: NHHC 1967-176-A, Sphere 1967-175-A
Circa: 1908
Size: 383" x 107" x 927"
Medium: Metal, Glass
Location: Headquarters Artifact Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command

The bathyscaphe Trieste was designed by Auguste Piccard. On January 23, 1960 the Trieste, with Jacques Piccard, the designer's son, and his colleague, Don Walsh, descended on a nine hour journey into the Mariana Trench seven miles deep into Challenger Deep; the deepest dive in the ocean ever by a vessel, manned or unmanned.

She was acquired by the US Navy in 1958 and is currently on display at the National Musuem of the United States Navy. In 2015 she underwent conservation treatment


Side view of Bathyscape trieste


Detail View of Bathyscape Trieste


Side view of pressure sphere attached to bathyscape trieste


Detail View 3 of bathyscape trieste


Pressure Sphere of Bathyscape Trieste

Published: Mon May 04 09:07:12 EDT 2020