Control room 3D mock-up of USN NR-1 minisub

[Patrick Giese]

This is the 3D viewable mock-up of the USN NR-1 mini-sub "control room".

https://collections.arck-project.org/vi ... 0000000910


NR-1 Deep submergence vessel NR-1
History
United States

Name: NR-1
Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down: 10 June 1967
Launched: 25 January 1969
In service: 27 October 1969
Out of service: 21 November 2008
Motto: The World's Finest Deep Submersible
Nickname(s): Nerwin
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type: Unique submarine
Displacement: 400 tons
Length: 45 m (147 ft 8 in) overall, 29.3 m (96 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in), 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) at stern stabilizers.
Draft: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Box keel depth (below base-line): 1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Installed power: Single nuclear reactor, one turbine generator
Propulsion: 2 × external motors, 2 × propellers, 4 × ducted thrusters (mounted diagonally in two "x-configured" pairs)
Speed: 4.5 knots (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph) surfaced, 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h; 4.0 mph) submerged
Endurance: 210-man-days nominal, 16 days for a 13 person crew, 330-man-days maximum, 25 days for a 13 person crew
Test depth: 3,000 feet (910 m)
Complement: 3 officers, 8 crewmen, 2 scientists

Deep Submergence Vessel NR-1 was a unique United States Navy (USN) nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine, built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton, Connecticut. NR-1 was launched on 25 January 1969, completed initial sea trials 19 August 1969, and was home-ported at Naval Submarine Base New London. NR-1 was the smallest nuclear submarine ever put into operation. The vessel was casually known as "Nerwin" and was never officially named or commissioned.

NR-1's missions included search, object recovery, geological survey, oceanographic research, and installation and maintenance of underwater equipment. NR-1 had the unique capability to remain at one site and completely map or search an area with a high degree of accuracy, and this was a valuable asset on several occasions.