[PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces

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P-I	Scrapped out by Vickers
P-II	Rumored to be in a Miami storage unit (unconfirmed)
P-III ?
P-IV In Hawaii and in service (but stony broke, I hear)
P-V	Ditto
P-VI	IUC warehouse in New York, maybe parted out
P-VII In a Russian museum (Sevastopol, I think)
P-VIII Nuytco
P-IX	Design study for Intersub (4K meters, never built)
P-X	Nuytco
P-X11 Same as VII (flanking the front doors, last I saw)


Plus Leo, which was a big-window Pisces style rated to 2000' which, along with P-VI and Aquarius, are the only Hyco boats that I qualified on and operated (although the P-VI experience was not a good one for me or the owners, either one). I did participate in a Pisces V overhaul in Houston, but I'm not sure that counts except for the busted knuckles.


I think the boys at Silvercrest might have one of the question marks, but I'm not sure. Assuming they do, that leaves one unaccounted for. I'm betting Mr. Dr. Prof. Nuytten would know. As a side note, if you look at the Mirs, you will see where they sprang from. They are Pisces boats on steroids. Those people worked at IUC for a couple of years and operated P-VII and P-XII for years after that, then took all those dandy ideas, added a pile of rubles, and built a couple of big brawny kissing cousins. Mir 1 & Mir 2, by name. The Pisces subs were pretty good for the day, but maintenance heavy. And rest assured, you haven't really lived until you have pulled a Pisces battery box at sea to change one cell. What a job!!!


Vance




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From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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Scott,
Hawaii undersea research lab on Oahu has two subs.
One I know is a Pisces & I believe the other is also.
I think David Columbo has seen them in the last year,
he might confirm.
They told me they were losing funding for operating them
as Govt considered rovs were better value for money.
Alan

  
 
 
 
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Does anyone know what happened to all the Pisces submarines? I believe there was 10 built, but only one or two that are still in operation. I think NOAA has one.


Thanks,
Scott Waters





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