USOS Seaview

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USOS Seaview – a fictitious civilian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
History
Name	USOS Seaview
Ordered	1970
Laid down	1972
Launched	1973
In service	1973
Homeport	Santa Barbara, California
Motto	This Ship Dedicated To The Development Of Undersea Resources For The Future Use Of Man
Fate	Nose redesign to take FS-1 Flying Sub
General characteristics
Displacement	16,500 tons (estimated)
Length	172.93 m (567 feet 2 inches) (from scale model)
Beam	12.19 m (42 feet 1 inches) (from scale model)
Height	18.9 m (62 feet) (from scale model)
Propulsion	one nuclear reactor, two pump-jet propulsors
Speed	40+ knots (estimated)
Complement	90–125 – Officers, crew, civilian & gov't scientists & technicians (estimated)
Armament	16 vertical launch missiles regular & experimental torpedoes bow laser electrically charged hull ultrasonic weapon
Armor	electronic hull shield
Craft	1× FS-1 flying sub 1× two-man wet mini-sub 1× two-man deep-diving bell

Seaview, a fictional nuclear submarine, was the setting for the 1961 motion picture Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, starring Walter Pidgeon,^[1] and later for the 1964–1968 ABC television series of the same title.^[2] In the film, Seaview fires a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead to extinguish the Van Allen belt that was set on fire by a space cataclysm.