[PSUBS-MAILIST] Conshelf 2 Starfish House?

[Tim Novak via Personal_Submersibles]

Yes, most likely scrapped/broken apart. Jean Michelle Cousteau may know.  Perhaps Phil could ask him some time.

 

Limnos has been left to rust away after it was recovered. 

SPID was thrown into a landfill.

Hydrolab is in a museum.

SEALAB I is in a museum.

Tektite was likely broken apart.

Subigloo is in storage.

La Chalupa is operating as Jules Undersea Lodge.

MarineLab was recovered and is operating as a museum.

Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station is in a museum in Colorado.

Aquarius is still in operation.

 

Lots of others were fabricated and deployed. Most were recovered and broken apart, some just set aside to deteriorate. A few were restored and placed in various museums, which I prefer to see happen to the more significant vessels. 

 

Tim

 

From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] On Behalf Of Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 8:00 PM
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It was either scrapped, or it's mothballed somewhere in France. Nothing much comes up in a search, so I suspect the former.

Sean



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On Oct. 27, 2020, 14:21, Tim Novak via Personal_Submersibles < personal_submersibles at psubs.org <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org> > wrote:

 

All,

 

Does anyone know what ever happened to Cousteau's Starfish House habitat deployed during Conshelf II in Sudan?  The diving saucer and dpv hangars were left on site, but Starfish House and Deep Cabin appear to have been removed. 

 

The attached jpeg looks like Starfish House might be in an underwater tourist park somewhere, perhaps France.  Google searching for Seafari Bassin has been unsuccessful. Maybe the .jpg is just someone's vague plan and the habitats were broken apart during the 1960's.

 

Tim

 

 

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