NAVY CAPABILITIES 



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The first planned Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) to be built 

 by the U. S. Navy. This prototype deep-submergence vehicle, now under 

 construction, wUl have a rescue capability of up to 24 men at a time, and is 

 designed to be air transportable as well as carried "piggy back" aboard a 

 nuclear submarine. In this view the DSRV is shown mating to the escape 

 hatch of a submarine for transferring personnel. 



