US Navy Bathyscaphe Trieste (1958 – 1963) is hoisted from the water by a floating crane, during testing by the Naval Electronics Laboratory in the San Diego, California, area. Trieste was being prepared for transportation to the Marianas Islands for a three-month series of deep-submergence operations. On 2 October 1959, she was loaded on the frieghter Santa Maria for the trip to the mid-Pacific. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
circa 1958 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1958-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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