Talk:Trieste II (Bathyscaphe)

Inconsistency in this article: "Trieste II incorporated the original Terni, Italian-built sphere used in Trieste" but the Trieste article on Wikipedia claims: "This sphere (dubbed a "bathysphere" by Piccard) provided just enough room for two persons and was built by the Krupp Steel Works of Essen, Germany." So, where was the sphere actually made, Italy or Germany?


 * I think it was designed in Switzerland, cast by Krupp in Germany and fitted out in Italy but we need a source. Ex nihil 01:28, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Unsatisfactory sentence
"The original Trieste design was heavily modified by the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, California and built at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard."

This sentence in the opening paragraph is rather unsatisfactory. Is this sentence refering to modification/rebuilding of the original Trieste,  or construction of the Trieste II  at Mare Island ?Eregli bob (talk) 06:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

There were two different Trieste IIs. A "white version", designed by the Naval Electronics Laboratory, San Diego and fabricated by the Navy in 1963, employed new equipment and concepts to explore and work as deep as 20,000 feet and operating from February 1964 to April 1967. A "black version" was secretely built in 1966 and this the third and last Trieste bathyscaph was constructed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. This third Trieste conducted its first dive in April 1968 and was so highly classified that there was no name attached to the craft for more than two years. The covert bathyscaph (still officially unnamed) was the only operational manned deep-submersible available to the U.S. Navy capable of diving on the Scorpion wreck, with the emphasis on operational because as long as the craft remained a clandestine deep-sea recovery asset. The older, streamlined "white" Trieste II was kept within the public’s view but no longer operational. The older streamlined "white" Trieste II was withdrawn from public view and later unceremoniously disassembled for scrap at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. In September 1970, the third bathyscaph was brought into public view and finally officially named “Trieste II” with hull number "DSV-1" -- designating her "Deep Submergence Vehicle No. 1". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.229.165.181 (talk) 20:55, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Secret missions
  Johnvr4 (talk) 19:48, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * USS Thresher recovery
 * USS Scorpion recovery
 * Deep Sea Recovery of HEXAGON Recovery Vehicle 1201-3, sources:

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