bathyscaphe Trieste

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bathyscaphe crewed submersible deep-diving research submersible

The bathyscaphe Trieste was a deep-diving research submersible that in 1960 carried Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh on the first crewed descent to the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans.

Aliases (2)

Trieste bathyscaphe design ×1
Trieste deep-sea dives ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bathyscaphe → crewed submersible → deep-diving research submersible →
builtIn	Italy →
buoyancyMaterial	gasoline →
carried	Don Walsh → Jacques Piccard →
coDesigner	Jacques Piccard →
constructionSite	Trieste, Italy →
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland →
crewCapacity	2 →
crewMember	Don Walsh → Jacques Piccard →
dateOfRecordDive	1960-01-23 →
designer	Auguste Piccard →
displayedAt	National Museum of the United States Navy →
firstCrewedDescentTo	Challenger Deep →
hasCrewPosition	observer → pilot →
hullType	pressure sphere →
launchYear	1953 →
length	about 15 metres → about 50 feet →
locationOfRecordDive	Challenger Deep → Mariana Trench →
maximumOperatingDepth	over 10,000 metres →
mission	first crewed descent to the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans →
namedAfter	Italian city of Trieste →
notableAchievement	first crewed vessel to reach Challenger Deep → record-setting deep-sea dive in 1960 →
operator	United States Navy →
partOf	U.S. Navy deep-submergence program →
pressureSphereDiameter	about 2.16 metres → about 7.1 feet →
pressureSphereMaterial	steel →
previousOwner	Swiss Navy →
propulsion	electric motors →
purchasedBy	United States Navy →
reachedDepth	about 10,911 metres → about 35,797 feet →
recordContext	deepest known point in Earth’s oceans →
recordHeld	deepest crewed dive record →
recordHeldFrom	1960 →
safetyFeature	ballast release system → thick-walled pressure sphere →
serviceBranch	United States Navy →
status	retired →
usedFor	deep-ocean exploration → oceanographic research →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Don Walsh → Jacques Piccard →	coPiloted
Auguste Piccard ("Trieste bathyscaphe design") → Jacques Piccard ("Trieste deep-sea dives") →	notableWork
Mariana Trench →	exploredBy
Challenger Deep →	firstCrewedDescentVehicle
Jacques Piccard →	knownFor
DSV Deepsea Challenger →	relatedTo
Don Walsh →	vehicleUsed
Challenger Deep →	visitedByVessel