Aluminaut was built in 1964 and was the world's first aluminum submarine. The 80-ton, manned deep-ocean research submersible was built by Reynolds Metals Company, which was seeking to prove the utility of aluminum. Designed to be an experimental vessel, the Aluminaut was based in Miami, Florida, and was operated from 1964 to 1970 by Reynolds Marine Services, doing contract work for the U.S. Navy and other organizations, including filmmaker Jacques Cousteau. Aluminaut is best known for helping recover a lost unarmed U.S. atomic bomb in 1966 and recovering its smaller fellow Deep Submergence Vehicle, Alvin in 1969, after Alvin had been lost and sank in the Atlantic Ocean the previous year. After retirement, Aluminaut was donated to the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, where it is on permanent display.

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