Viking Head Sculpture
- This is photogrammetry of the giant stone head in front of the “Viking World” museum in Iceland. This 2013 commission was by artist Jón Adolf Steinólfsson. It was planned to be part of the stone giant as depicted in the Icelandic coat of arms. The…
USS Petrel Football Helmet
- USS Petrel (ASR 14) football helmet in the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum. U.S. Navy divers repurposed this 1950s-era football helmet for use aboard USS Petrel (ASR 14), a Navy submarine rescue ship, to protect their heads during jostling
Trident Missile Payload Section
- , inertially-guided weapons that can hold up to eight nuclear warheads called multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles (MIRVs). This Trident I payload section is outfitted with four simulated MIRVs. Since 1960, American ballistic missile…
The Goddess Sekhmet (with cameras)
- Sekhmet statues are a depiction of the goddess Sekhmet showing her lioness features from head to toe. The statues feature the fierce eye of the sun god Ra and its jaw structure the goddess is known for. The goddess has violent characteristics that…
Miller-Dunn Divinhood Style 3 Helmet
- Miller-Dunn Divinhood Style 3 diving helmet in the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum. Navy divers used this open-bottom Miller-Dunn Divinhood Style 3 helmet during World War II to complete ship and equipment repairs in water less than 60 feet deep.…
Kaiten Type 1 (Version 2)
- torpedo warheads. Kaiten proved largely unsuccessful as difficult controls and mechanical problems often caused failures before or during attacks; only two American ships were sunk by kaiten. In exchange, the Japanese suffered heavy losses: 80 kaiten…
El Canónigo Uzcátegui (Francisco Antonio Uzcátegui)
- Francisco Antonio Uzcátegui (1915) (unknown artist). Located on Urdaneta Avenua at the former headquarters of Colonia Hogar Simón Bolívar, currently at the Merideña de Salud Corporation. Photo registry by Marinela Araque Rivero and Samuel Leonardo…
Custodia
- Work made in embossed metal, chiseled and gilded. Circular base decorated with carved plant motifs. A carved column that culminates with two heads of angels on which is a ring with rays representing the sun. In the end, it ends with a cross.
Control Room Equipment from Nuclear-Powered Submersible NR-1
- NR-1 control room equipment in the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum. From left to right, the control panels shown are sonar, ballast and trim/auxiliary control/ship's status, ship's control display, heading and speed/obstacle avoidance…
Control Room Equipment and Consoles from Nuclear-Powered Submersible NR-1
- , ship control display, heading and speed display, camera status display, intercom and communications, and AN/UYK-44 computer. NR-1 was the U.S. Navy’s first and only nuclear-powered submersible, equipped with a miniature reactor that allowed her…