TRIESTE

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Bathyscaphe Built - Launched August 26 1953 TRIESTE (Bathyscaphe) Italian owned and French Navy operated between 1953-1958 Sold to the US Navy in 1958 USN TRIESTE (Bathyscaphe) Operated between 1958-1963 TRIESTE DSV-0 Designation DSV-0 administratively assigned 1 June 1971 Preserved as an exhibit in the U.S. Navy Museum

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (2010)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

Cachet by Becky Alexander. Note the Zazzle stamp showing the Bathyscaphe Trieste.

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

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Cachet by Becky Alexander. Note the Zazzle stamp showing the Bathyscaphe Trieste.

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

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Cachet by Mike Hebert

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

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Cachet by Phil Edwards

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth.

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth.

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth.

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth.

 

USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary / Deep Dive Station" Keyport WA

2010-01-23

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for where she was built. The Free Territory of Trieste on the border between Italy and Yugoslavia.

On January 23, 1960, TRIESTE reached the ocean floor in the Challenger Deep (the deepest southern part of the Mariana Trench), carrying Jacques Piccard (son of Auguste) and Lieutenant Don Walsh, USN. This was the first time a vessel, manned or unmanned, had reached the deepest point in the Earth's oceans. The onboard systems indicated a depth of 11,521 metres (37,799 ft), although this was later revised to 10,916 metres (35,814 ft) and more accurate measurements made in 1995 have found the Challenger Deep to be slightly shallower, at 10,911 metres (35,797 ft).

 

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