Vine, Allyn Collins, 1914-1994
Allyn Collins Vine papers, 1937-1993.
Papers include correspondence, subject files, printed matter, reports, writings, notebooks, research data, blueprints, photographs, and other materials relating to his career at WHOI, his work with the U.S. Navy, and from other professional activities. Major subject categories include submarines and submersibles, and underwater sound.
Physicist and oceanographer. On the scientific staff at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1940 until his death. Research interests included submarines, World War II Fleet boat work, bathythermographs (BT) and other instruments, and underwater sound work relating to detection/evasion of enemy ships during World War II. Best known for his involvement with the design and construction of Alvin, the first U.S. deep-diving research submersible, and for his work with BT for which the Navy belatedly honored him in 1972.
United States. Navy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Submarine boats.
Submersibles.
Underwater acoustics.
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AIP-ICOS
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