Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'Trieste' bathyscaphe – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Since the 1980s, it has been on exhibit in the National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington, D.C. The vessel was first owned and operated by the French Navy until it was purchased by the US Navy in 1958. It was built in Italy and first launched in 1953. The bathyscaphe was designed by Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, the father of pilot Jacques Piccard. They reached a depth of about 10,916 metres (35,814 ft). The vessel was piloted by Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard and US Navy lieutenant Don Walsh.

The mission was the final goal for Project Nekton, a series of dives conducted by the United States Navy in the Pacific Ocean near Guam.

In 1960, it became the first crewed vessel to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in Earth's seabed. Trieste is a Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe.

Trieste shortly after her purchase by the US Navy in 1958Īcciaierie Terni/ Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico

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