ALUMINAUT

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.

Deep Submergence (Research) Vehicle Keel Laid - Launched September 2 1964 DSV ALUMINAUT In Service 1964 - Retired 1971 Donated by Reynolds Metals Company to the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. There the world's first aluminum submarine is on permanent static display

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     (1964-71)

 

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

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No Postmarks Reported

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT

1964-09-02

N/A

Cachet by General Dynamics Electric Boat Division

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Miami Fl

1965-08-03

Deep Dive - 2,750 Feet. Signed by the Captain.

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Miami Fl

1966-10-30

N/A

Deep Dive #116 - 3,600 Feet. Signed by the Chief Pilot.

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Miami Fl

1967-09-21

N/A

Deep Dive #172 - 1,500 Feet. Signed by the Chief Pilot.

 

USPO Machine Cancel Miami Fl

1968-08-09

N/A

Deep Dive #221 - 6,180 Feet. Signed by the Chief Pilot.

 

USPO Machine Cancel Miami Fl

1969-04-25

N/A

Deep Dive #231 - 2,500 Feet. Signed by the Chief Pilot.

 

USPS Machine Cancel Miami Fl

1971-07-19

N/A

Decommissioned

 

Other Information

Notable Highlights -
Assisted DSV ALVIN DSV-2 in locating a H-Bomb on April 7th 1966 in the Mediterranean Sea.
Recovered DSV ALVIN DSV-2 in 1969 after a training accident sunk Alvin in 5000 ft of water.
Worked with the US Navy to recover a 2,100 pounds (950 kg) current array torpedo at the Navy's acoustic testing facility in the Bahamas.
She helped make movies for Jacques Cousteau and Ivan Tor Studios.
Depths up to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) were reached while surveying for the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office

 

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