Johnson Sea Link

Johnson Sea Link was the name of a deep-sea scientific research submersible built by Edwin Albert Link in 1971. Link built the submersible at the request of his friend Seward Johnson, founder of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.[1][2]

In 1973 the craft was trapped for over 24 hours in the wreckage of the sunken destroyer USS Fred T. Berry. Whilst the craft was eventually recovered by the rescue vessel A. B. Wood, two of the four occupants perished: 31-year-old Edwin Clayton Link, the son of Edwin Link, and 51-year-old diver Albert Dennison Stover. The submersible's pilot, Archibald "Jock" Menzies, and ichthyologist Robert Meek survived.[3][4][5][6][7]

In 1975, a second Johnson Sea Link was constructed by the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.[2]

In 1977, the JSLs were used to examine the wreckage of the ironclad Civil War battleship, USS Monitor.[2]

The submersible and its research program were featured in a Voice of America story in 2005.

References

  1. ^ Link, Marion Clayton (1973). Windows in the Sea. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 0-87474-130-0. 
  2. ^ a b c "NOAA Ocean Explorer: Johnson Sea-Link Submersible". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2006-02-24. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/subs/sealink/sealink.html. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  3. ^ "Science: Tragedy Under the Sea". Time (magazine). 1973-07-02. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879228,00.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
  4. ^ Alexiou, Arthur E. (1974). "Ocean". The World Book Year Book 1974. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. p. 426. ISBN 0-7166-0474-4. 
  5. ^ "Department of Transportation / Coast Guard Marine Casualty Report". United States Coast Guard. 1975-03-12. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/docs/boards/johnsealink.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
  6. ^ Ellis, Richard (1998). Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss. New York: The Lyons Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 1-55821-663-4. 
  7. ^ Clark, Martha and Eichelberger, Jeanne. "Edwin A. Link 1904-1981". Binghamton University Libraries. http://library.binghamton.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/linkcoll_m3.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 

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