The Italian Navy’s MSM-1S / USEL deep sea rescue vehicle (DSRV) has been replaced in service by the SRV-300. The heavily built deep diving submarine has been spared the breaker’s yard and is now on display at the Technical Naval Museum at La Spezia

Built in 1980 by Breda Cantieri di Porto Marghera, the functionally formed MSM-1S was nicknamed "Woodstock" after the canary in the Peanuts comics.

In action
It was operated by a crew of two and could accommodate eight passengers in a single trip. Operating depth was up to 600 meters.

Note the original stern configuration


As well as being on standby to rescue submarine crews, the craft was employed to investigate wrecks and train divers in lock-out and saturation diving, including the Italian Navy’s COMSUBIN frogmen who dove to 250m for extended periods of time.

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