Shipmunk ping.
“The sub is also famed for finding an H-bomb lost at sea”
That statement right there should make anyone nervous about who has control over our defenses...
Dang!
You first.
Hard to believe Alvin is that old, but yeah, I guess so.
I had an opportunity years ago to hear Dr. Ballard speak about the study of the oceans and Alvin (and a student and I got to meet him, what a nice guy, he didn’t talk down to the kid, was
very good with him)—I wish I was younger sometimes, I’d love to explore the oceans with Alvin and other ROVs!
Alvin has sure proven itself over all these years. They’ve really gotten a lot of mileage out of that platform.
I got to crawl down inside Alvin years ago. The Woods Hole ship, I think it was Atlantis II, pulled into Astoria for a few days. A CG buddy of mine and I went down to visit (in uniform) to see if we could talk anybody into a tour. They were happy to... and gave us the royal tour. They even let us climb up on Alvin and go down the hatch. Pretty cool. I’d been interested in Alvin and oceanography since I was a little kid, and it was just amazing to finally get to do that.