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Hi folks...
Upon Dolphin's decommissioning, I was told I could come out and visit the boat in drydock since we have been working for that program office for 2 years now. After inquiring, I was granted photo access and was able to take lots of pictures. While there I also arranged to go on board the DSRV Mystic, Avalon, and a few other vehicles. I was able to take about 250 images overall. This was all in San Diego.
After San Diego, I drove up to San Francisco where I visited with Steve Reichmuth and his wife at their home later in the week. While there I shared imagery with him as well, as I find his expertise to be non-pareil amongst those who know submarine technologies. I wanted to publicly thank Steve and his wife for their incredible hospitality. Thanks to you two!
I will post photos of the two vehicles, Dolphin, and Mystic as the weeks go by here as both are incredibly rich in detail. I hope you enjoy seeing what the real deals look like. For the record, none of the images show anything classified.
Marc
Starter Images:
Zincs as they REALLY look after a while...
Starboard view of aft zincs, prop and rudders. Dolphin is only 165 feet long so it was funny to be in the basin with such a small boat. It took up so little of the overall basin space!
Overall Starboard View of the boat in the basin
Closer view of the split rudder
Port side of the sail showing rungs and access panels. The white rung looking items on the deck at the base of the sail are towing fixtures prior to attachment.
Forward deck with casing covers removed. You can see innumerable hull penetrators which carry signal into and out of, the main pressure hull. Penetrator technology varies but the simplest form of hull penetrator is a conical shape in a conical hole with a little mineral oil as a gasket. Ocean pressure does the rest.
Pressure hull entry door on starboard side base of sail. The down hatch is visible.
Overall view of boat from above the basin. She is being prepared for towing.
Upon Dolphin's decommissioning, I was told I could come out and visit the boat in drydock since we have been working for that program office for 2 years now. After inquiring, I was granted photo access and was able to take lots of pictures. While there I also arranged to go on board the DSRV Mystic, Avalon, and a few other vehicles. I was able to take about 250 images overall. This was all in San Diego.
After San Diego, I drove up to San Francisco where I visited with Steve Reichmuth and his wife at their home later in the week. While there I shared imagery with him as well, as I find his expertise to be non-pareil amongst those who know submarine technologies. I wanted to publicly thank Steve and his wife for their incredible hospitality. Thanks to you two!
I will post photos of the two vehicles, Dolphin, and Mystic as the weeks go by here as both are incredibly rich in detail. I hope you enjoy seeing what the real deals look like. For the record, none of the images show anything classified.
Marc
Starter Images:
Zincs as they REALLY look after a while...
Starboard view of aft zincs, prop and rudders. Dolphin is only 165 feet long so it was funny to be in the basin with such a small boat. It took up so little of the overall basin space!
Overall Starboard View of the boat in the basin
Closer view of the split rudder
Port side of the sail showing rungs and access panels. The white rung looking items on the deck at the base of the sail are towing fixtures prior to attachment.
Forward deck with casing covers removed. You can see innumerable hull penetrators which carry signal into and out of, the main pressure hull. Penetrator technology varies but the simplest form of hull penetrator is a conical shape in a conical hole with a little mineral oil as a gasket. Ocean pressure does the rest.
Pressure hull entry door on starboard side base of sail. The down hatch is visible.
Overall view of boat from above the basin. She is being prepared for towing.
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Keep posting the pics!
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