Opening the great depths : the bathyscaph Trieste and pioneers of undersea exploration

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

Author/creator	Polmar, Norman author.
Other author/creator	Mathers, Lee J., author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021]
Description	pages cm
Subject(s)	Piccard, Jacques. Walsh, Don, 1931- Trieste (Bathyscaphe)--History. Bathyscaphe--United States --History --20th century. Underwater exploration--United States --History --20th century. Explorers--United States --Biography.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Polmar, Norman. Opening the great depths Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021] 9781682475928
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2020050159
ISBN	9781682475911 (hardcover)
ISBN	1682475913
ISBN	(epub)
ISBN	(pdf)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	VM989 .P65 2021	✔ Available	Place Hold