Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Listen to speeches given during Alvin's commissioning ceremony on June 5, 1964. Edited footage includes imagery from the commissioning ceremony, initial vehicle deployment, and testing in Woods Hole, MA. Full run time is 28 minutes.

Speakers included:

Dr. Paul M. Fye | Director, WHOI (1958-1977)
Charles Momsen | Office of Naval Research (ONR)
George Scharffenberger | Litton Industries
Dr. James H. Wakelin | Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development
Adelaide Vine | Wife to Allyn Vine, Alvin pioneer

Learn all about Alvin here: https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/

This video has been edited for redistribution.
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