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Historical Diver, Number 4, 1995 Item Type monograph Publisher Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Download date 09/10/2021 13:01:48 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30847 IDSIDRICAL DIVER The Official Publication of the Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Number4 Spring 1995 175tb ~nntbcr~arp of ~tebe ~orman anb ~o. JLtb. "c/f[{f] ad; of wch twdn i> thi>- don't die without ha<7in9 bonowed, itofen, joutaha>ed at made a hefmd of ioth, to 9UmjH< fa• youudf thi> new wotfd." 'Wifuam 'Beebe, "'Beneath 'Jwpia ,Sea," 1928 NEW DIRECTORS Welcome to Historical Diver issue No.4. Or, as it is known around here- "the great flood issue." The recent violent storms Don has been involved in the in Central California have delayed the publication of this issue. commercial diving and under We lost a lot of text and images as well as hundreds of back-issues sea vehicle industries for over and dozens ofT-shirts, but are slowly recovering and request your 17 years. Formerly a manned indulgence and patience as we attempt to return phone calls and submersible pilot and ROV op answer all the mail. Also lost to the storm was our regular column erator, he has also served in po from Nick Icorn, who was another flood victim, loosing much of sitions of diver, Operations Su his documentation. We hope to have Nick on board for our next pervisor and General Manager issue, and wish him good luck with his flood recovery efforts. of International Underwater Hopefully the flood was the last in a series of delaying disasters, Contractor's Pacific Division. and we anxious to get back to our publishing schedule with the Don received a degree in Under next issue. DON BARTHELMESS, water Technology from Florida While the floods were delaying publication, Steve Chaparro of DIRECTOR OF DIVER Institute of Technology, and is Sea Sprite Design had to resign as our graphic design artist due to TRAINING currently Director of Santa Bar an increased workload. Steve and Sea Sprite had volunteered their bara City College's Marine Div time and skills to the Society, producing the Inaugural Report and ing Technology Department where he teaches commercial all issues of Historical Diver. We are indebted to them for their and recreational diving, as well as undersea vehicle opera- tremendous volunteer efforts over the last two and a half years. tions. Ournew graphics design team was organized by John Morrisohn, A certified scuba diver since who is the Department Chair of Santa Barbara City College 1963, Nyle has served as execu Graphics Arts Department. John has enlisted the volunteer sup tive director for several West port of his students Andy Lentz, Keith Flannery, Diego Berber Coast museums. He holds a and Kevin Hahn. The team was led by Andy Lentz, production Masters Degree in history, spe editor, and this issue is a product of their collective team work. cializing in East and South Asia, John's department has won numerous prestigious awards over the and has taught Japanese religion years, and we are pleased to have his expertise involved in the and philosophy at Cal State Uni publishing of Historical Diver. versity, Bakersfield. He also spe Other new additions to the Society are Directors Don cializes in the diving history of Barthelmess and Nyle Monday, while our Advisory Board has Asia, as well as all aspects of been further strengthened internationally by the appointment of military diving. Besides his re I. U .C. International founder, Andre Gal erne, and Siebe Gorman's NYLE C. MONDAY sponsibilities as Secretary and Les Ashton Smith (see page 4). We are grateful for their support, SECRETARY Director, Nyle will also be the and we look forward to their assistance and counsel in the years Society's archivist. ahead. Sincerely, ~ SBCC PRODUCTION STAFF ON THE COVER (L toR) K. Flannery, J. Morrisohn, K. Hahn, D. Berber and A. Lentz -The 175th Anniversary of Siebe Gorman Augustus Siebe Helmet, Circa 1845-50 and Deane-Siebe Smoke Helmet, Circa 1830 These two helmets are important milestones from the period of diving equipment development during the early part of the last century. The Deane-Siebe smoke helmet is internationally acknowledged as the first in a series of helmets that connect various developments during the 1830's that eventually lead to the perfection of the closed diving helmet by Augustus Siebe in 1840. It is uncertain as to when these two types of helmets were last seen together. In 1881 W.A. Gorman of Siebe Gorman & Co. presented an Augustus Siebe helmet to the Patents Museum in London. His generous gift could possibly have left Siebe Gorman & Co. with only the Deane-Siebe smoke helmet as an example of helmets constructed during Augustus Siebe's leadership of the Company. The cover photograph may represent the only time these significant pieces have appeared jointly since the 1880's, and it is possibly the only photograph ever taken of the two models together. It was taken by Steve Chaparro of Sea Sprite Design in November 1994, prior to the exhibition of both helmet's at the H.D.S. U.S.A. Rally. (HDS USA photo) 2 HISTORICAL DIVER No.4 Spring 1995 HISTORICAL DIVER OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY U.S.A. Number4 SPRING 1995 Advisory Board CONTENT Art Bachrach, Ph.D. PAGE Jean-Michel Cousteau E.R. Cross 4 H.D.S. U.S.A. Advisory Board Members Andre Galerne ANDRE GALERNE, LES ASHTON SMITH Lad Handelman J, Thomas Millington, M.D. 5 The E. R. Cross Award - JIM BOYD BevMorgan 6 News Briefs Phil Nuytten 7 News Briefs. TOM DEVINE Memorial Scholarship. Andreas H. Rechnitzer, Ph.D. Sidney J, Smith Letter from the Board of Directors. Les Ashton Smith 8 In Memory - CHUCK SHILLING 9 Test Dive. Russian Diving Equipment HISTORICAL DIVER is published three by Torrance Parker times a year by the Historical Diving Soci ety U.S.A., a California Non-Profit Corpora 12 Diving Facts from Sam's Almanac- by Dr. Sam Miller tion, C/0 2022 Cliff Drive #119 Santa Bar bara, California 93109 USA. Copyright© A Short History of Fins. Part 2 1995 all rights reserved Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Tel. (805) 963-6610 Fax 14 Second Annual H.D.S. U.S.A. Rally and Conference (805) 962-3810 I 75th Anniversary of Siebe Gorman and Co. Ltd. SOCIETY OFFICERS: President, Leslie Leaney: Vice President, Skip Dunham; Exhibits connected to Augustus Siebe, The Deanes, Treasurer, Scrap Lundy; Secretary, Nyle Monday; Membership Secretary, Christl The Royal George, Sir Robert H. Davis, Siebe Karlsson; Administrator, Lisa Glen Ryan. Gorman products and publications and more. Diving, SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS: Skip Dunham, Steve Chaparro, Leslie Leaney, Lectures, Working Equipment, HDS-ADC Exhibits A.L. Scrap Lundy, Sam Miller, Ron Karlsson. Don Barthelmess, Nyle Monday 18 Women Pioneers in Diving -by Bonnie Cardone HISTORICAL DIVER is compiled by TWILA BRATCHER CRITCHLOW Lisa Glen Ryan, Jane Dunham, Bola Osilaja and Leslie Leaney. Layout and graphics by 19 Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association students of Santa Barbara City College Graphics Department, John Morrisohn de 40th Anniversary 1954-1994 partment chairman. Andy Lentz production editor, Keith Flannery, Diego Berber, Kevin 20 The Invention and Development of the Diving Helmet Hahn. and Dress. Part 2 - by Dr. John Bevan PRINTED by West Side Print Works Santa Monica, CA.(310)450-2307. 24 The Mark V Column - by Leslie Leaney ADVERTISING INQUIRIES should be WW II DESCO' S directed to: Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Tel. (805) 963-6610 Fax (805) 962-3810 26 For Sale I Classified The Historical Diving So The opinions and views expressed are those of the respective authors and are ciety USA is affiliated with the The Historical Diving not necessarily the opinions and views of the Historical Diving Society, United Kingdom and is the Historical Atrtli SocietyU.S.A. © 1995 Historical Diving Society U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. ate of the Association of 11r... Diving Contractors (ADC) FOUNDINGBENEFACTORS~~~~~~~~~~ Art Bachrach Ph. D. A.L. Scrap Lundy Roger Bankston Fred Johnson Nyle C. Monday Wayne Brusate Ron & Christl Karlsson Andrew R. Mrozinski Ken and Susan Brown Bob & Claudia Kirby Torrance Parker Raymond I. Dawson, Jr. Leslie Leaney Robert Shepard Diving Systems International Robert & Caroline Leaney Dr. James Vorosmarti HISTORICAL DIVER No.4 Spring 1995 3 Andre Galerne Andre Gal erne is the founder and chairman of the board of IUC INTERNA TIONAL and its wholly owned subsidiary, Deep Sea International Inc. Born in 1926, in Paris, France, Andre was recruited into the French underground while the German forces occupied France during World War II, and later attended 1' Ecole Technique d' Aeronautique et de Construction Automobile. In 1952, he founded SOGETRAM, Societe General de Travaux Marine et Fluviaux one of the world's first international firms of professional diving in industrial work. Using the Aqua Lung (SCUBA), and light diving helmets, this firm revolutionized underwater industry. In 1959, Andre left France to start IUC Canada in Montreal, and in 1962, emigrated to the United States where he formed International Underwater Contractors, Inc., serving as President until 1993. In 1970, he began IUC International to service the off shore oil industry and in 1978, Deep Sea International to operate marine vessels, and submersibles and ROV s for the same industry. Andre is credited with starting several professional diving schools, several hyperbaric treatment facilities and holds four U.S. Patents on methodol ogy and equipment advances in the industry. He holds Honors with appointments as Knight of the 'French Legion de Honor" for his service in WWII and belongs to the following organizations; ADC (Former President and current board member), Bronx Chamber of Commerce, City Island Chamber of Commerce (Former President and current Chairman of the Board), Marine Technology Society (Former Vice President), The Moles, National Ocean Industries Association (Former Director), Undersea Medical and Hyperbaric Society, Naval Submarine League, and others.