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=== ''Limiting Factor'' === [[File:Limiting Factor at the Cumberland East Bay (South Georgia Island).jpg|thumb|DSV ''Limiting Factor'' of [[Triton Submarines]] during sea trials]] {{main|DSV Limiting Factor|label1=DSV ''Limiting Factor''}} A submersible commissioned by [[Caladan Oceanic]] and designed and built by [[Triton Submarines]] of Sebastian, Florida. On December 19, 2018, it was the first crewed submersible to reach [[Puerto Rico Trench|the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean]], or 8,376 meters in the [[Brownson Deep]], thus making it the deepest diving, currently operational submersible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsci.com/victor-vescovo-five-deeps-submarine|title=An inside look at the first solo trip to the deepest point of the Atlantic|last=Dean 2018-12-21T17:15:00-05:00|first=Josh|website=Popular Science|date=21 December 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref> In August 2019, the submersible and its pilot, [[Victor Vescovo]], completed the "[[Five Deeps Expedition]]" with its support ship, the [[USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7)|DSSV ''Pressure Drop'']], becoming the first submersible to visit the bottom of all five of the world's oceans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explorer Makes History by Completing Five Deeps Expedition|date=9 September 2019|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/09/five-deeps-expedition-completed-with-historic-dive}}</ref> Earlier that same month, a team of explorers and scientists used Limiting Factor to visit the [[wreck of the RMS Titanic|wreck of the RMS ''Titanic'']] in the North Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2019/08/first-dive-to-titanic-in-14-years-shows-wreck-is-deteriorating/|title=First dive to Titanic in 14 years shows wreck is deteriorating|publisher=[[BNO News]]|date=2019-08-21}}</ref> On March 31, 2021, Caladan Oceanic announced having re-located, surveyed, and filmed the wreck of the World War II [[destroyer]] {{USS|Johnston|DD-557|6}}, sunk on October 25, 1944, in the [[Battle off Samar]] (in the [[Philippine Sea]] off [[Samar]] Island). ''Johnston'' lies at depth of {{cvt|21,180|ft|m}}, making ''Limiting Factor''{{'}}s expedition the deepest wreck dive in history.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Submersible crew completes the world's deepest shipwreck dive in history (USS ''Johnston'') |url=https://caladanoceanic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Samar-media-release-31st-March-2021.pdf |place= Offshore Samar Island, Philippine Sea |publication-place=Dallas, Texas |publisher=Caladan Oceanic |date=2021-03-21 |access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>
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