Aluminaut
Sign in to saveAluminaut (built in 1964) was the world's first aluminum submarine. An experimental vessel, the 80-ton, crewed deep-ocean research submersible was built by Reynolds Metals Company, which was seeking to promote the utility of aluminum. Aluminaut was based in Miami, Florida, and was operated from 1964 to 1970 by Reynolds Submarine Services, doing contract work for the U.S. Navy and other organizations, including marine biologist Jacques Cousteau.
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- Official name
- Aluminaut
- Manufacturer
- General Dynamics Electric Boat
- Image
- Aluminaut NURP.PNG
- Has use
- museum ship
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- country of registry
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- 1964: World's first aluminium submarine
- 1966: Helping recover a lost unarmed atomic bomb
- 1969: Rescuing DSV ''Alvin''
- Other missions
- Retirement
- See also
- References
- External links
Aluminaut (built in 1964) was the world's first aluminum submarine. An experimental vessel, the 80-ton, crewed deep-ocean research submersible was built by Reynolds Metals Company, which was seeking to promote the utility of aluminum. Aluminaut was based in Miami, Florida, and was operated from 1964 to 1970 by Reynolds Submarine Services, doing contract work for the U.S. Navy and other organizations, including marine biologist Jacques Cousteau.
Aluminaut is best known for helping recover a lost unarmed U.S. hydrogen bomb in 1966 and recovering its smaller fellow deep-submergence vehicle, DSV Alvin in 1969, after Alvin had been lost and sank in the Atlantic Ocean the previous year. After retirement, Aluminaut was donated to the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, where it is on permanent display.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aluminaut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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