Mystic-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle

U.S. Navy Deep-Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) Mystic
Class overview
BuildersLockheed Missiles and Space Company
Operators United States Navy
Cost$164.9 million [1972 prices] (program cost),[1] ($911 million in 2023 dollars[2])
Built1970
In commission1971–2008
Completed2
Cancelled10
Retired2
Arrival of the DSRV Avalon at Brest airport aboard a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifter

Mystic class is a class of Deep-Submergence Rescue Vehicles (DSRVs), designed for rescue operations on submerged, disabled submarines of the United States Navy or foreign navies. The two submarines of the class were never used for this purpose, and were replaced by the Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System.

  1. ^ "Part 5: Procurement Lockheed Aircraft Corporation". Department of Defense Appropriations for 1972: Hearings Before the Subcommittee ... Ninety-second Congress, First Session ... U.S. Government Printing Office. 1971. p. 854.
  2. ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.