Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Get to know #Alvin, the deepest-diving human-occupied research #submersible in the United States! Commissioned by the US Navy and operated by #WHOI since 1964, this iconic sub has enabled countless discoveries and insights into our ocean planet.

Learn more about ALVIN's most famous achievements: https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/history-of-alvin/

Produced by Elise Hugus © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution