Editing DSV Alvin (section)

===Exploration of RMS ''Titanic''===
''Alvin'' was involved in the exploration of the wreckage of {{Ship|RMS|Titanic}} in 1986. Launched from her support ship {{Ship|RV|Atlantis II}}, she carried Dr. [[Robert Ballard]] and two companions to the wreckage of the [[White Star Line]]r ''Titanic,'' which sank in 1912 after striking an [[iceberg]] while crossing the North Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage.

''Alvin'', accompanied by a small [[remotely operated vehicle]] (ROV) named ''[[Jason Jr.]]'', was able to conduct detailed photographic surveys and inspections of ''Titanic''{{'}}s wreckage. Many of the photographs of the expedition have been published in the magazine of the [[National Geographic Society]], which was a major sponsor of the expedition.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution team involved in the ''Titanic'' expedition also explored the wreck of the {{USS|Scorpion|SSN-589}}, a {{sclass|Skipjack|submarine}} armed with [[Mark 45 torpedo|nuclear torpedoes]], which sank off the coast of the Azores in 1968 in uncertain circumstances. ''Alvin'' obtained photographic and other environmental monitoring data from the remains of ''Scorpion''.<!--Contrary to [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019671/Titanic-mission-was-cover-for-submarine-search.html The Telegraph], the wreck had been found in October 1968.-->