Editing Trieste (bathyscaphe) (section)

==Other deep dives and retirement==
[[File:Trieste Museum1.JPG|thumb|upright|The ''Trieste'' at the [[National Museum of the United States Navy]]]]
The ''Trieste'' performed a number of deep dives in the Mediterranean prior to being purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1958.<ref name=":0"/> It conducted 48 dives exceeding {{convert|3700|m|ft}} between 1953 and 1957 as the ''Batiscafo Trieste''.

Beginning in April 1963, ''Trieste'' was modified and used in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to search for the missing nuclear submarine {{USS|Thresher|SSN-593}}.<ref name=":1" /> ''Trieste'' was delivered to Boston Harbor by [[USS Point Defiance|USS ''Point Defiance'' (LSD-31)]] under the command of Captain H. H. Haisten. In August 1963, ''Trieste'' found debris of the wreck off the coast of [[New England]], {{convert|2560|m|ft|abbr=on}} below the surface after several dives.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="brand">{{cite journal |author=Brand, V |title=Submersibles - Manned and Unmanned |journal=South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal |volume=7 |issue=3 |year=1977 |issn=0813-1988 |oclc=16986801 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6154 |access-date=10 July 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080801135138/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6154| archive-date= 1 August 2008 | url-status= usurped}}</ref> ''Trieste''<nowiki/>'s participation in the search earned it the [[Navy Unit Commendation]].

Following the mission, ''Trieste'' was returned to San Diego and taken out of service in 1966.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Drummer|title=bathyscaphe {{!}} The Lyncean Group of San Diego|date=9 January 2020 |url=https://lynceans.org/tag/bathyscaphe/|access-date=2022-01-28|language=en}}</ref> Between 1964 and 1966, ''Trieste'' was used to develop its replacement, the ''[[Trieste II (Bathyscaphe)|Trieste II]]'', with the original Terni pressure sphere reincorporated in its successor.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trieste II (Bathyscaphe)|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/trieste-ii.html|access-date=2022-01-28|website=NHHC|language=en-US}}</ref> In early 1980, it was transported to the [[Washington Navy Yard]] where it remains on exhibit today in the [[U.S. Navy Museum|National Museum of the U.S. Navy]], along with the Krupp pressure sphere.<ref name=":2" />