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. © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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