SEA DIVER (diving support ship)

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SEA DIVER (diving support ship)

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:25 pm

Built as a diving support vessel under yard No 943 by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy, MA for the Sea Diver Corp., New York.
Launched as the SEA DIVER.
Tonnage 158 grt, 108 net, dim. 25.69 (bpp) x 6.88 x 2.96m. (draught)
Powered by two 6-cyl. Caterpillar diesels each 403 kW, twin shafts, speed ?
Accommodation for 12 passengers.
01 January 1959 delivered to owners.

1959, Edwin and Marion Link led an expedition sponsored by National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Institute of Jamaica. This was the first mission with their new vessel SEA DIVER, the first in the world specifically designed for marine archaeology. Fitted out with specialized equipment includes bow nozzles for waterjet steering, air compressor for divers air supply and 10” suction hoses, a heavy-duty crane, built-in glass windows in the bow, in the stern is a diving compartment opening in the sea.

Carried an 18 ft. water-jet-propelled launch for exploration in shallow water.

On the stamp, she is shown exploring the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica in 1959. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692_Jamaica_earthquake

1959 She spent 10 weeks in Jamaica exploring the sunken city of Port Royal.
Built expressly for submarine archaeologi¬cal research, she is shown exploring the sunken city of Port Royal (07-06-1692 during an earthquake), Jamaica, where she spent 10 weeks in 1959. Specialized equipment includes bow nozzles for water¬jet steering, air compressor for divers' air supply and 10" suction hose, heavy-duty cranes, built-in glass plates in the bow, diving compartment opening into the sea in the stern, and an 18' water-jet-propelled launch for exploration in shallow water. The watch depicted on the stamp recovered during the exploration was made by Paul Blondel in Amsterdam in 1686 and stopped working on 11h43.

Source Erik Th. Matzinger---------------------------------


01 July 2001 she was renamed EDWIN LINK.
1994 She was rebuilt and repowered. Tonnage given as 160 grt, 48 nrt, dim. 34,44 x 6,86 x 3.81m, length bpp. 30.48m. (I am not sure if the Caterpillar diesel engines were placed at that time?)
12 October 2003 sold to Lone Star Offshore Marine Inc., Galveston, Texas and renamed ODYSSEY.
2017 Same name and owner, laid up, Imo No 7622637, homeport Galveston, Texas.

Equasis gives, 31 May 2015 broken up.

Source Log Book. ABS Records and the internet.
Jamaica 1964 5d sg230, Scott?
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