Message Processing and Distribution System (MPDS) in Battery Ashburn, 1967. Work on this first automated systsem for handling shipboard message traffic was completed in less than a year; much of the work took place in Battery Ashburn.
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Directional Finder. VHF/DF antenna (mounted on bow) aboard PBR 208 support craft developed under the Vietnam Laboratory Assistance Program.
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Brass model of the USS New Jersey (BB 62) on the turntable of the model range. The model was used in the design of the antenna system for the battleship when it was reactivated for missions in the Tonkin Gulf in 1968.
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Thermistor chain developed to map the thermal structure of the ocean.
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On 23 January 1969, Trieste descended into the Challenger Deep to a record of 35,800 feet.
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Sealab II undersea habitat.
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A Sealab II diver determining the orientation of a gorgonian coral.
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Hydrogen bomb rests on deck of USS Petral (ASR 14) after being recovered during Cable-Controlled Underwater Recovery Vehicle (CURV) operation (January 1996).
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Mk 46 Mod 0 launched by an ASW airdraft during sea operations test program. The Mk 46 can also be launched by ASROC, helicopters, and surface ship tubes.
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Submarine Rocket (SUBROC). Underwater firing of SUBROCK off San Clemente Island.
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The Naval Electronic Laboratory Center (NELC) Command, Control, and Communications Systems Integration Test and Evaluation (C3 SITE) facility, Building 600, Seaside.
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Verdin/ISABPS. The Integrated Submarine Automated Broadcast Processing System (ISABPS) provides on-line multichannel access to the Verdin transmitting System.
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Integrated Refractive Effects Prediction System (IREPS) aboard USS Constellation (CV64).
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Tactical Warfare Simulation, Evaluation, and Analysis System (TWSEAS). A completely interactive realtime system, TWSEAS could be used as a C2 system for field exercises, as well as a standalone simulation system for USMC C3 system evaluation or training.
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CURV III. Launching CURV II during Pisces III rescue operation March 1970.
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Divers assist recued pilots from Pisces III.
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Remote Unmanned Work System (RUWS). The remote controlled submersible was equipped with a 35-mm still camer, underwater light, and a pair of hydraulic manipulators designed to perform a variety of tasks.
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SSP Kaimalino. The 88-foot-long, twin-hulled Kaimalino serves as a range support surface craft capable of operating in high sea states.
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Scientists configuring a new Marine Environmental Survey Craft (MESC) for measurement of pollutants in Navy harbors and bays. (1989 photo)
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USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS). Stalwart was the first ship equipped with the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) and used for flexible, worldwide, long-range acoustic surveillance.
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