International Human-Powered Submarine Races is a biennial engineering competition where teams design and operate diver-propelled submarines to test speed and maneuverability. The archival image documents activity at the David Taylor Model Basin, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland on June 30, 2017.

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