DSRV-2 "Avalon" (Morro Bay, California)

 submarine, United States Navy, naval museum

Named in 1977, AVALON is the second of the two Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles of the Navy designed to perform rescue operations on submerged, disabled submarines of the U.S. Navy or foreign navies.

Launched: May 1971
In service: 1972
Deactivated: July 2000
Builder: Lockheed Missiles and Space, Co., Sunnyvale, Calif.
Propulsion system: Electric motors, silver/zinc batteries
Propellers: one
Length: 49 feet (15 meters)
Beam: 8 feet (2.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 38 tons
Speed: 4 knots/8 hours
Transit: 2.5 knots/14hours
Search: 1.5 knots/18 hours
Maximum diving depth: 5,000 feet (1524 meters)
Armament: none
Life support: 36 hours
Crew: two pilots, two rescue personnel and the capacity for 24 passengers

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