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 USOS Seaview – a fictitious civilian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
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| History | |
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| Name | USOS Seaview |
| Ordered | 1970 |
| Laid down | 1972 |
| Launched | 1973 |
| In service | 1973 |
| Homeport | Santa Barbara, California |
| Motto | This Ship Dedicated To The Development Of Undersea Resources For The Future Use Of Man |
| Fate | Nose redesign to take FS-1 Flying Sub |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 16,500 tons (estimated) |
| Length | 172.93 m (567 feet 2 inches) (from scale model) |
| Beam | 12.19 m (42 feet 1 inches) (from scale model) |
| Height | 18.9 m (62 feet) (from scale model) |
| Propulsion | one nuclear reactor, two pump-jet propulsors |
| Speed | 40+ knots (estimated) |
| Complement | 90–125 – Officers, crew, civilian & gov't scientists & technicians (estimated) |
| Armament |
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| Armor | list error: <br /> list (help) electronic hull shield |
| Craft | 1× FS-1 flying sub 1× two-man wet mini-sub 1× two-man deep-diving bell |
Seaview, a fictional nuclear submarine, was the setting for the 1961 motion picture Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, starring Walter Pidgeon,[1] and later for the 1964–1968 ABC television series of the same title.[2] In the film, Seaview fires a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead to extinguish the Van Allen belt that was set on fire by a space cataclysm.
- ^ "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, David Hedison Looks Back on Periscope Days". Los Angeles Times, LAtimes.com. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
- ^ "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". The 60s Official Site. Retrieved 2014-11-02.