[PSUBS-MAILIST] Leo

hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Tue Jan 6 13:12:30 EST 2015


Scott,
Did he say where and how deep?
Hank--------------------------------------------
On Tue, 1/6/15, swaters at waters-ks.com via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Leo
 To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 Received: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 10:57 AM
 
 An
 update on Leo. Silvercrest claims she was sunk in deep water
 after a insurance claim some time
 ago. Thanks,Scott
 Waters
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 Date:01/06/2015  8:02 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
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 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces 
 
 It would surely be nice to find
 Leo. I'd go into hock again for that one, just for old
 time's sake. That notwithstanding, I'm virtually
 certain that those particular hull(s) were built of
 A516Gr70, like most of the boats of the day (and most of the
 boats out of Nuytco currently, or at least the ones without
 cyrillic operating manuals).
 
 
 
 
 I don't remember how thick the steel
 was, but it was definitely made from standard stuff. Plus,
 the main viewport was 4 FEET in diameter!!! Diving that
 thing was seriously awesome. She had plenty of room for two
 (or enough for three good friends) and that huge picture
 window in the front.
 
 
 
 
 
 If Hyco had survived (Leo was their last
 P-style boat) I'm betting there would be more of them
 out there. It was a serious attempt at Perry's
 stranglehold on the shallow water market (shallow by
 comparison) and I think it was a really good try. Sadly, it
 all fell apart before we could really show her
 off.
 
 
 
 
 
 We did all the deepwater pilot training
 in her down on the Flower Gardens, and had a ball. These
 days, she'd be even better, because the subsystems and
 propulsion gear is so much better. That sub was rated for
 2000 feet, which ain't bad. How about that for an option,
 Scott?
 
 
 
 
 
 No fancy steel. Huge
 viewport. 600 meters. What could be better? A 6 1/2 foot
 sphere displaces less than 6-tons. Add a pair of uncle
 Phil's aluminum pods in back with a block of foam to
 support them. Fair the thing like a fat tadpole. You could
 probably hold it down to 7, maybe 7 1/2 tons.
 
 
 
 
 
 Leo weighs 10. Most of the P-boats weigh
 that, and a good bit more. Yours would be a lightweight
 compared to them, a whole lot cheaper to build, more agile,
 easier to maintain..... The list goes on. What could be
 better? Damn, I want one!!! It would be perfect for my neck
 of the woods.
 
 
 
 
 Vance
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Thanks for the info Phil. I keep running into the same
 problems of the material and building of the personel
 sphere.
 
 Scott Waters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 From: Phil Nuytten via Personal_Submersibles  
 
 Date:01/05/2015  8:44 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
 
 To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion  
 
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hi, Guys, and Happy New Year to all loyal
 subbers!!
 
 
  
 
 
 Glad to shed some little light on the Pisces subs 
 . .We (Nuytco) have 
 four Hyco boats – 2/8/10 and Aquarius, P-4 and P-5 are in
 Hawaii at HURL (Hawaii 
 Underwater Research Lab) – they are out of service,
 currently and may be sold 
 off if no funding is forthcoming. I hope not, because Terry
 Kerby and his crew 
 rebuilt them into the cream of the Pisces crop! There are
 two Pisces boats in 
 Russia, one operational and one in a museum (or, actually ,
 outside a museum). 
 Pisces –1, is in the UK, last seen, it  was in parts.
 Likewise, P-6  
 is in parts (the stern sphere was lost in the sinking of
 IUC’s vessel ‘Aloha’) 
 and what’s left is in New York as Vance mentions. I cut a
 deal with my old 
 friend  Andre Galerne (before his untimely death) to
 have first dibs on 
 buying P-6 to go into the ‘working sub’ Hyco/Pisces
 display section at our 
 long-awaited ‘Deep Discovery Centre’ diving technology
 museum. His sons, Lionel 
 and Eric were kind enough to honour Andre’s wishes 
 and we will arrange 
 shipment to the west coast when the weather gets better.
 Would appreciate it if 
 you would steer clear of this one – we do plan to rebuild
 to the same condition 
 as P-4 and P-5. That leaves one unaccounted for . .
 ‘Leo’ – I heard some years 
 ago that it was for sale (cheap) but have no idea what
 ultimately happened to 
 it. Maybe ask at Silvercrest? About all you will be able to
 use from the P-boats 
 now is the personnel sphere – you’d probably be better
 off building one from 
 scratch if you want a thousand feet or less – after the
 first thou, the spheres 
 get much more expensive.
 
 
 Reagards
 
 
 Phil
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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 Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 4:43 PM
 
 
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 Ok. Thanks Vance. I will see what turns up.
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 
 Scott Waters
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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 Personal_Submersibles 
 
 Date:01/05/2015 6:34 
 PM (GMT-06:00) 
 
 To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
 
 
 Subject: Re: 
 [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces 
 
 
 
 International Underwater 
 Contractors. When Andre Galern was alive, it was one of THE
 deep diving 
 construction companies in the world. No idea what's
 happened up there in the 
 last few years. Best to ask Dr. Phil that one, too. He
 knew/knows all those 
 guys. 
 
 Vance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Vance,
 
 
 Forgive me, but what is IUC in New York? I should
 probably know this. Haha. 
 I figure it's worth at least trying.
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 
 Scott Waters
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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 Date:01/05/2015 3:35 PM (GMT-06:00) 
 
 To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
 
 
 
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces 
 
 
 
 Anything is possible, Scott. 
 SIlvercrest will skin you alive, given half an opportunity.
 Or at least they'll 
 try. You have to be willing to wrangle with them. I
 don't think they'll respect 
 anyone who doesn't. Maybe Phil has an extra one laying
 around. I've never asked. 
 You could do a lot worse, if the hulls are salvageable.
 There are four pressure 
 vessels (except on Leo). The personnel sphere, an aft
 floatation sphere, and the 
 two 32" forward VBTs (that's what is under the
 fiberglas brow that makes the P 
 boats so distinctive. And the boats weigh from ten to twelve
 tons, depending. 
 Just in case you want to check your air-ride flatbeds for
 load capability. The 
 P-VI was the most perfect hull Hyco ever did--it was
 fabricated in Jacques 
 Piccard's shop in Switzerland under contract, and was
 lap finished, as I 
 understand it--both inside and out. Lovely thing, P-VI. I
 remember her well. 
 Maybe it could be had, if IUC hasn't rolled it out into
 a dumpster. That might 
 be another question for our Dr. Phil, as I have zero
 contacts up that way 
 anymore. Keep me in mind. I'll happily spin a wrench for
 you anytime on one of 
 those. 
 
 Vance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Mon, Jan 5, 2015 4:25 pm
 
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Excellent info Vance! Thank you so much. I was hopeing
 to locate one and 
 maybe do a major overhaul / restoration on one rather than
 try to build a 1000m 
 boat from scratch. Any more pointers would be awesome.
 
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 
 Scott Waters
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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 Date:01/05/2015 3:02 PM (GMT-06:00) 
 
 To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
 
 
 
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces 
 
 
 
 P-I Scrapped out by 
 Vickers 
 
 P-II Rumored 
 to be in a Miami storage unit (unconfirmed)
 
 
 P-III ?
 
 
 P-IV In Hawaii and
 in service (but stony broke, I hear)
 
 
 P-V 
 Ditto
 
 P-VI 
 IUC warehouse in New York, maybe parted
 out
 
 
 P-VII In a Russian
 museum (Sevastopol, I think)
 
 
 P-VIII
 Nuytco
 
 
 P-IX 
 Design
 study for Intersub (4K 
 meters, never built)
 
 P-X Nuytco
 
 
 P-X11 Same as VII (flanking the front
 doors, last I 
 saw)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Plus Leo, which was a big-window Pisces
 style rated to 2000' 
 which, along with P-VI and Aquarius, are the only Hyco boats
 that I qualified on 
 and operated (although the P-VI experience was not a good
 one for me or the 
 owners, either one). I did participate in a Pisces V
 overhaul in Houston, but 
 I'm not sure that counts except for the busted
 knuckles.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I think the boys at Silvercrest might
 have one of the question 
 marks, but I'm not sure. Assuming they do, that leaves
 one unaccounted for. I'm 
 betting Mr. Dr. Prof. Nuytten would know. As a side note, if
 you look at the 
 Mirs, you will see where they sprang from. They are Pisces
 boats on steroids. 
 Those people worked at IUC for a couple of years and
 operated P-VII and P-XII 
 for years after that, then took all those dandy ideas, added
 a pile of rubles, 
 and built a couple of big brawny kissing cousins. Mir 1
 & Mir 2, by name. 
 The Pisces subs were pretty good for the day, but
 maintenance heavy. And rest 
 assured, you haven't really lived until you have pulled
 a Pisces battery box at 
 sea to change one cell. What a job!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Vance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Sent: 
 Mon, Jan 5, 2015 3:02 pm
 
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pisces
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Scott,
 
 
 Hawaii
 undersea research lab on Oahu has two 
 subs.
 
 
 One I know
 is a Pisces & I believe the 
 other is also.
 
 
 I think
 David Columbo has seen them in the 
 last year,
 
 
 he might
 confirm.
 
 
 They told me they were losing 
 funding for operating them
 
 
 as Govt considered rovs were 
 better value for money.
 
 
 Alan
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 January 6, 2015 
 7:27 AM
 
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 Does
 anyone know what happened to all 
 the Pisces submarines? I believe there was 10 built, but
 only one or two that 
 are still in operation. I think NOAA has one.
 
 
  
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 
 Scott
 Waters
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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