RESEARCH Our curatorial staff fielded over 130 historical and artifact questions in 2015! Like our mission, the inquiries covered a wide range of subject areas. We were pleased to share our knowledge and resources with everyone who contacted us for help, including: • The Cable News Network (cnn), requesting information about Trieste 11 (dsv-1) for an episode of their new show “Declassified.” • eod Mobile Unit 2, seeking assistance in identifying a torpedo found off Fort Lauderdale to allow its safe recovery. (It was a Mark 13!) • A phd canidate writing his doctoral dissertation about the torpedo problems of World War 11, looking for technical documentation about the Mark 14 torpedo and Mark 6 magnetic influence exploder. num staff also conducts and supports ongoing research into the history, significance, and technology of our artifact collection. In 2015 we took on several projects, including: • Studying and researching newly acquired dsrv artifacts, including their launching plaques, that document the early years of the dsrvs. • Introducing an “Artifact Spotlight” display that lets us exhibit new artifacts each month as well as sharing information about the artifacts on our website. • Reviewing 80 archival boxes (100 linear feet) of dsrv documents acquired from the Submarine Rescue Unit in 2014 with dsrv Mystic. • Assessing the 313 commemorative plaques in our collection to research and document their provenance wherever possible. NAVAL UNDERSEA MUSEUM 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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