JAGO, Germany's only manned research submersible was in service at GEOMAR from 2006 to 2021.
Dimensions: length 3.0 m, beam 2.0 m, height 2.5 m
Weight in air: 3000 kg
Operation depth: 400 m
Cruising speed: 1 knot
Crew: 1 pilot, 1 observer
Life Support: 96 man hours
Pressure hull: steel, 15-18 mm
Viewports: acrylic bow viewport (700 mm ø, aperture angle 120°); top dome / hatch (450 mm ø, aperture angle 180°) providing 360°
Power supply: 6 lead-acid batteries, total capacity 13 KWh – 24 Volt DC
Propulsion: 3 reversible horizontal thrusters at stern, 2 rotatable thrusters on starboard and port side, 1 bow and 1 aft thruster
Basic systems: 720 l diving tanks for buoyancy at surface, 40 l ballast tank for vertical movements, 2 oxygen high pressure cylinders, 3 high pressure air cylinders, filter for CO2 absorption (air regeneration)
Rescue systems: emergency drop weigh, dead man safety system, generation of 500 kg positive buoyancy at 400 m depth, emergency buoy with rescue device
Equipment: Underwater navigation and positioning system (USBL), compass, depth gauges, vertical and horizontal scanning sonar, underwater acoustic telephone communication UT 10 kHz, LED lights, flash lights, laser scaling, digital video (Full-HD 1080p/50p) and still cameras for documentation, CTD, hydraulic manipulator arm with exchangable claws, sampling devices for organisms, gas, water, fluids, sediments, rocks
Transport: 1 x 20' ISO container
Classification: DNV-GL (Germanischer Lloyd Hamburg, Germany)
