Alvin (DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills' Electronics Group [1] in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Alvin remained on the bottom until Labor Day 1969. The DSV Aluminaut (a submersible from the Reynolds Aluminum Company) and the R/V Mizar assisted in the recovery, which required placement of a lifting bar into Alvin’s hatch (Aluminaut pilots had to break the sail in order to accomplish this).

Nov 15, 2021 · Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) Alvin is part of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF). Alvin enables in-situ data collection and observation by two scientists to depths reaching 6,500 meters, during dives lasting up to ten hours.

In 2022 the human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin completed the final phase of an overhaul that enables it to travel 6,500 meters below the sea surface-more than 4 miles deep and 2,000 meters deeper than Alvin's previous maximum depth.

Alvin’s humble origins began alongside Wheaties cereal. Who is Alvin and what are sea trials? If you like the deep sea and exploring for science, you’re going to love Alvin! With its new depth rating of 6500 meters (4 miles), WHOI's human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin…

Designed to replace bathyscaphes and cumbersome underwater oceanographic vehicles, the manned deep-ocean research submersible, Alvin (DSV-2), was placed into service by the U.S. Navy on June 5,...

May 28, 2024 · Synopsis: The world-famous DSV Alvin was commissioned 60 years ago, on June 5, 1964. Today, it is the United States Navy’s only deep-submergence vehicle that can safely carry researchers to the seafloor, as deep as 21,300 ft (6,500 m).

Jun 8, 2014 · Fifty years ago, in June 1964, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) commissioned the Deep Submersible Vehicle (DSV) Alvin. As one of the world's first manned deep ocean research vessels,...

In June 2014, the Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) Alvin, the world’s first deep-diving sub-marine dedicated to scientific research in the United States, celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Alvin (DSV-2) is a manned deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The vehicle was built by General Mills' Electronics Group [2] in …