Keywords: CURV III Navy photo.jpg en The Cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle CURV was developed in the early 1960's It became famous in 1966 when it was used to recover a H-bomb off Spain in 2800 feet of water The CURV-III was the third generation of these remotely operated vehicles capable of reaching depths of 10 000 feet In 1973 the CURV III was used to rescue the two-man crew of the submersible Pisces III which was bottomed off Ireland In 1976 the CURV III was used to survey the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego - http //www spawar navy mil/robots/images/curv3 jpg Unknowing Estimated 1998 See http //www spawar navy mil/robots/undersea/curv/curv html SPAWAR - CURV PD-USGov-Military-Navy Remotely operated underwater vehicles |