Draped in bunting and with a Navy brass band playing, the new research submersible Alvin was commissioned at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution dock on June 5, 1964. (Jan Hahn/WHOI)

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Draped in bunting and with a Navy brass band playing, the new research submersible Alvin was commissioned at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution dock on June 5, 1964. (Jan Hahn/WHOI)