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Side launch bell on CMC sat boat, the DSV Stephanie Morrison

Contributed by B Arnold 200710

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DMT's new sat system

Built by IUC

Courtesy of M Luinstra, DMT

October, 2006

Trick or Treat
October 2003

Here are a couple of pictures of the new 2000 foot Saturation System currently undergoing testing at the Carlyss facility. Jumping Jimmy is the core group leader, and we are currently looking for 2 more techs with extensive backgrounds in gourd pressure vessel construction.

Cal Dive
Uncle John

Bell Exterior

Courtesy of Cliff Walls

Cal Dive Witch Queen Sat System Courtesy of C.W. Full size images available by request	Bell exterior	Bell interior and transfer hatch	Bell interior
System interior			System exterior showing medlocks
Hyperbaric life boat	Sat rack	Regen units	Head in the TL That's rust

Courtesy of Max Kimble
Heres a pic of the mini sat at Global; aka; Cruel and Unusual Punishment. We did a 29 day run in these deck chambers. No wimps. Divers from left are Greg Hanson, Max Kimble, Brian Wick, Mark Mohawk.

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**From Jack Steinmetz**.Here are some photos of the saturation system installed on the DSV Rockwater 2 which is owned and operated by Halliburton Subsea, presently working out of Singapore. The system is about 18 years old, single bell, we just completed a hyperbaric welding job in the Philippines in 160m. **Click on these pics to blow 'em up.**
Halliburton Subsea DSV Rockwater 2

Submitted by Paul Richards
Here are some photos of an ADS bell, I can't remember what brand of ddc. We were in the process of setting the system up when I took the photos, that's why the plastic cover is over the bell.

P E R R Y S A T S Y S T E M ( B E L L )

Paul Richards
This is a sequence of launching/mating a Perry roll over bell. After I got the bell vertical, I would lift it off the sled, then pull the sled back and attach the drop weight. Then the sled is pulled right back, the hole in the deck opened and down goes the bell. The system was owned by Divcon, it was a 600 foot sat system, on the semi sub Hakuryu 5 in 365 foot of water off Taiwan.

G A L L I A Z Z I S A T S Y S T E M

Paul Richards
This is a museum piece now, it is a Galliazzi bell system. You can see that it has hip drop weights not a drop weight suspended by chains. To get back in the bell, the bellman would half flood the bell and the lock out diver would swim into the bell. This one was in excellent condition, although only rated to 350 feet.

Reefer Photo