Mike McCarthy leaning into Alvin's personnel sphere during overhaul project.

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Kleindinst, Thomas N.

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Mike McCarthy leaning into Alvin's personnel sphere during overhaul project.

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11/15/2005

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Image of The Day caption:
It took two weeks for eight members of the Alvin Group to remove thousands of bolts, hoses, panels, and the submersible's 6-foot titanium personnel sphere during its periodic overhaul in Woods Hole. The six-month overhaul occurs about every three years.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 45, No. 1, Back Cover:
It took two weeks for eight members of the Alvin Group to remove thousands of bolts, hoses, panels, and the submersible’s 6-foot titanium sphere during its periodic overhaul this winter. Then the group put Alvin back together, a six-month process expected to wrap up in spring 2006. “Literally every component was taken apart and examined,” said Expedition Leader Pat Hickey (standing with group, lower left). After more than four decades diving to maximum depths of 14,764 feet (4,500 meters), it was Alvin’s last major makeover. Anticipating Alvin’s retirement in 2009, work has begun on its replacement, which will dive to 21,320 feet (6,500 meters) and reach 99 percent of the seafloor.

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