# Where are "Trieste" and "Alvin"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 20, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238 "2004-02-20T18:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/1 "2004-02-20T18:05:54Z")
I tuned into the National Geographic Channel last night, and saw the bathyscaphe _Trieste_ and the DSV _Alvin_ on display somewhere. The show was about underwater exploration and working and living underwater in general, and I only saw passing mention of the _Trieste_. I don’t remember exaxtly how _Trieste_ was displayed, but the camera panned right and _Alvin_ was suspended from the ceiling. I came in late, so I don’t know where this was. Were these the actual vehicles? Or were they just fiberglass display replicas? Where are the real _Trieste_ and _Alvin_? (For that matter, where are Cousteau’s “Diving Saucer” and “Sea Flea” mini-subs?) ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/2 "2004-02-20T18:19:19Z")
"Trieste is currently on display at the Washington Navy Yard museum. " See [here](http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dsv.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/3 "2004-02-20T18:24:06Z")
I was looking for [Alvin](http://www.marine.whoi.edu/ships/alvin/alvin.htm) on the site of its current owners (WHOI), but the link’s broken. Could Alvin be still in service? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/4 "2004-02-20T18:31:15Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > For that matter, where are Cousteau’s “Diving Saucer” and “Sea Flea” mini-subs? Cousteau’s mini-subs used to be located in the “Living Sea” museum aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. But I don’t see any mention of the Cousteau museum on [their website](http://www.queenmary.com/) anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/5 "2004-02-20T23:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Could Alvin be still in service? > [@](#): > > By 1994, the 30th year of operation, none of the original Alvin remained in use, since **every component of the original vehicle had been replaced** over the years, including the frame and pressure hull. This reminds me of “George Washington’s Axe”. It’s the very one with which he chopped down the cherry tree. Oh, it’s had a dozen new heads and two doaen new handles since he owned it; but it’s still in _fine_ shape! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/6 "2004-02-21T01:20:07Z")
I opened this thread all set to tell you about Italian geography and cartoon chipmunks. How the heck was I supposed to know it was about undersea exploration craft, Captain Nemo? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-trieste-and-alvin/230238/7 "2004-02-21T16:26:59Z")
> [@](#): > > How the heck was I supposed to know it was about undersea exploration craft, Captain Nemo? No, no. Captain Nemo’s submersible was _Nautilus_. 😛