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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Composite pressure hull?



Excellent Navy Undersea Museum at Keyport, Washington (state) not too far from Seattle. The Tretise II is there, along with a lot of other things.
  bob duncan

Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com> wrote:
Yes, that's it. Probably the least visited museum in DC. They've also
got Piccard's Trieste.

Alec

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael B Holt [mailto:tlohm@juno.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 8:44 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Composite pressure hull?

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:35:40 -0400 "Alec Smyth" writes:
>
>For anyone who might be in the vicinity of Washington DC, you might
>enjoy an artifact that is displayed on the grounds of the Navy
>Museum. It's a spare titanium pressure hull from Alvin. It's amazingly
small.

Exactly where is the museum? Is that the one in the old Navy Yard,
in Southeast?



Mike Holt


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