Manipulator arms with tactile feedback are especially useful for science.

NURP1 MiniROVer's fresnel lens used for counting particles and plankton.

Deploying the PHANTOM S2 through ice in Antarctica.

PHANTOM 300 guided by diver records a stalagmite in a cave in the Bahamas.

PHANTOM S2 working hard bottom reef in the Gulf of Farallons Sanctuary.

VENTANA operated by the Monterey Bay Research Institute.

Conning station includes joysticks to operate ROVs and cameras.

KRAKEN operated by NURP's northeast regional center.

KRAKEN MaxROVer prepares to dive.

KOMATSU ampbibious bulldozer used for construction and pipe laying operations.

NURP1 low cost ROV can be deployed from small boats and dive to 1000 feet.

PHANTOM S2 dives the face of a reef wall.

PHANTOM S2's manipulator arm carries seaweed responsible for overgrowing corals.

PHANTOM 300 inspects wreck.

Spelunking cave diver towed by Phantom ROV.

MBARI's Ventana frequently dives along the rock walls of Monterey Canyon.

MiniRover equipped with video and laser scanning system.

ODYSSEY deployed through ice.

DSRV manned sub

Deepstar 4000 manned sub

ODYSSEY is set to be deployed from ship.

J. Peress' 1-atm dive suit, Tritonia, explored the Lusitania wreck in 1935.

WASP works on an oil rig-- thrusters increase mobility.

TRIESTE II launched in 1965, next version of the record deep diving sub.

TRIESTE II ballasted and prepared to dive.

STAR 3 launched in 1966, built by Electric Boat.

Unidentified sub.

DEEP JEEP at the surface-- a Navy experimental sub built in 1964.

DSV ALVIN,perhaps the most active and successful research submersible.

DSV TURTLE, recently retired by the Navy, was a sister sub to ALVIN.

DEEPSTAR 2000 launched by Westinghouse in 1969.

NEKTON GAMMA on Project Seasub off Alaska.

NEKTON GAMMA slung to the side of the support ship.

DELTA loads up for diving to study geology in the Bahamas.

DELTA can make up to twelve dives to 300 meters in a 12 hr. day.

In 1974, BEAVER MARK IV studied underwater neutron activity off New York.

J. Peress' 1-atm dive suit, Tritonia, explored the Lusitania wreck in 1935.

PC-8 on the hook-- another successful sub built by Perry Oceanographics.

DEEP DIVER carried a pilot and 3 observers.

PC-8 hunts walrus in the Bering Sea.

PC-8 on deck of R/V Undersea Hunter-- bow hemisphere is made of glass.

JIM, a One-Atmosphere Armored Dive Suit (OMADS).

MAKALII was launched, retrieved, & transported from a submersible barge (LRT).

Divers secure MAKALII to the LRT barge before surfacing.

JOHNSON-SEA-LINK's six inch thick acryllic sphere holds pilot and observer.

JSL launched from the deck of the R/V Seward Johnson.

JSL subs are among the best equipped in the world for science.

PISCES V operated by NURP's Hawaii center dives to 2000 m.

PISCES V at the surface after overhaul.

PISCES V retrieved by mother ship Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa (KOK).