Opening the great depths : the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration / Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers

Author: Polmar, Norman
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 361 pages)
Additional Creators: Mathers, Lee J.

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Foreword / by Dr. Don Walsh -- Columbus of the stratosphere -- A balloon into the depths -- Admirals of the abyss -- White knight -- The new world -- The ocean's deepest hole -- The deepest dive -- The Navy Electronics Laboratory years -- SubSunk -- The Thresher search, 1963 -- The Trieste II -- Between disasters -- A "Trieste III" -- Mission lost -- Scorpion preparations -- At the Scorpion site -- Scorpion site investigation -- Neglect and decline -- The deepest recovery -- A new support ship -- An epiphany -- Maturity -- Senescence and retirement.

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1682475921 electronic book
9781682475928 electronic book
9781682475911 hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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