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DSRV-2 Avalon is a Mystic class Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle that is rated to dive up to 5000 feet (1500 m). Avalon was decommissioned in 2000
Address: Central Coast Maritime Museum Morro Bay CA
Website: http://morrobaymaritime.org/
Turtle (also called American Turtle) was the world's first submersible vessel with a documented record of use in combat. It was built in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in New York harbor, for use against the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War.