Asherah (submarine)

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History
Name: Asherah
Namesake: Asherah
Ordered: 1963
Builder: General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut
Launched: 1964
General characteristics
Type: Submersible
Test depth: 600 feet (180 m)
Crew: 2

Asherah was the first commercially built American research submersible, used by archaeologist George F. Bass to examine underwater sites.[1][2] It was named after Asherah, an ancient Semitic goddess known as "she who treads on the sea".[3]

The two-man submarine was built by General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut, USA, and could dive to a depth of 600 feet (180 m). Commissioned in 1963 and launched in 1964, it was used to develop a new system of stereoscopy, and allowed Bass to become the first to use side-scanning sonar to locate a shipwreck.[4]

References

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