title: DSRV-1 Mystic
text: DSRV-1 Mystic is a deep-submergence rescue vehicle that is rated to dive up to 5,000 feet (1,500 m). It was built by Lockheed for the US Navy at a construction cost of $41 million and launched 24 January 1970. It was declared fully operational in 1977 and named Mystic.
  
  The submarine was intended to be air transportable; it was  long and  in diameter, and it weighed 37 tons.  The sub was capable of descending to  below the surface and could carry 24 passengers at a time, in addition to its crew.  It was stationed at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego and was never required to conduct an actual rescue operation. Mystic was replaced by the SRDRS on September 30, 2008, and began deactivation on October 1, 2008.  In October 2014, the submarine was donated to the Naval Undersea Museum.
  
  See also
  
  Awards
   Meritorious Unit Citation with 3 stars (4 awards)
   Navy E Ribbon (3 awards)
   National Defense Service Medal with star (2 awards)
  
  References
  
  External links
   NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Mystic (DSRV-1)
   USN Factfile DSRV 1 & 2
   Liewer, Steve, "Goodbye To Mystic Minisub, Hello To Falcon", San Diego Union-Tribune, March 6, 2009.
  
   
  
  Mystic-class deep-submergence rescue vehicles
  Cold War submarines of the United States
  Ships built in the San Francisco Bay Area
  1970 ships
  Lockheed Corporation