Historical Diver, Number 16, 1998 Item Type monograph Publisher Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Download date 05/10/2021 18:07:57 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30859 IDSTORI DIVER "elf{[£! a.k of <cwh ..cuk, i• thi•- don't dJ.. wuhoul haoin9 bonow<d, •tof<n, pu<cha••J o< mad. a h..f5n.t of •o<t•, to 9fimp•• fo< youudf thi• n<w wo.fd." CWdl'iam 'B • .C., "'Bm<ath 'J<opic ~•a• • 1928 Number 16 Summer 1998 Cousteau Gagnan French Scuba Klingert German Scuba 1948 1797 • Karl Heinrich Klingert • Trevor Hampton: Master Diver and Underwater Sportsman • The Early Regulators • • H D S Canada • John Steel • Rene Bussoz and U.S. Divers • • Stan Sheley • The Undersea Heritage and Exploration Society • Royal Australian Navy Divers • • Kansas City Bridge Divers 1869 • Kirby Morgan ADS-4 • DESCO Nuclear Helmet • HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY USA HISTORICAL DIVER MAGAZINE A PUBLIC BENEFIT NONPROFIT CORPORATION ISSN 1094-4516 2022 CLIFF DRIVE #119 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93109 U.S.A. THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY U.S.A. PHONE: 805-692-0072 FAX: 805-692-0042 DIVING HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF e-mail: [email protected] or HTTP://WWW.hds.org/ AUSTRALIA, S.E. ASIA ADVISORY BOARD EDITORS Leslie Leaney, Editor Dr. Sylvia Earle Lotte Hass Andy Lentz, Production Editor Dr. Peter B. Bennett Dick Long Steve Barsky, Copy Editor Dick Bonin J. Thomas Millington, M.D. Julie Simpson, Editorial Assistant Scott Carpenter Bob & Bill Meistrell CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Jean-Michel Cousteau Bev Morgan Bonnie Cardone E.R. Cross Nicklcom E.R. Cross Phil Nuytten Peter Jackson Ny1e Monday Jeff Dennis Andre Galeme Sir John Rawlins John Kane Jim Boyd Lad Handelman Andreas B. Rechnitzer Ph.D. OVERSEAS EDITORS Michael Jung (Germany) Prof. Hans Hass Sidney J. Smith Nick Baker (United Kingdom) Les Ashton Smith Jeff Maynard (Australia) Email: [email protected] SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS HISTORICAL DIVER (lSSN 10944516) is published four times a year by the Historical Diving Society USA, a Non-Profit Corporation, 2022 Cliff Chairman: Captain Paul Linaweaver M.D., U.S.N. Rtd., Drive #119, Santa Barbara, California, 93109 USA. Copyright ©1998 all President: Leslie Leaney, Secretarytrreasurer: James rights reserved Historical Diving Society USA Tel. 805-692-0072 Fax 805- Forte, Directors: Bonnie Cardone, Skip Dunham, Bob 692-0042. HISTORICAL DIVER is compiled by Leslie Leaney and Andy Lentz. Kirby, Nick Icorn, Bob Christiansen, Steve Chaparro, The content is affected by various elements. The Society guarantees only that Shane Anderson, Executive Director: Andy Lentz. each issue will contain no fewer than 24 pages .. ADVERTISING INQUIRIES should be directed to: ...----- FOUNDING BENEFACTORS ------. Historical Diver Magazine at Tel. 805-692-0072 Fax 805-692-0042 Art Bachrach, Ph.D. Robert & Caroline Leaney CONTRIBUTIONS: WE WELCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ON ANY Roger Bankston A.L. "Scrap" Lundy HISTORICAL DIVING SUBJECT. Submissions and contributions on floppy Ken and Susan Brown Jim Mabry disk are preferred (3.5" Wmdows/DOS text format or Apple Macintosh for­ Wayne Brusate Andrew R. Mrozinski mats). Please send a typed hard copy in addition to any disk. Typed manu­ P.K. Chandran Torrance Parker scripts are also welcome. lliustrations accompanying text are appreciated. John Rice Churchill Alese and Morton Pechter Submissions should be sent to: Editor, Historical Diver, 2022 Cliff Dr. # 119, Raymond I. Dawson, Jr. Bob Ratcliffe Santa Barbara, CA, 93109 USA. If you have access to e-mail, contributions Jesse and Brenda Dean Lee Selisky can be sent to HDSUSA @aol.com. Diving Systems International Robert D. Shepard THE OPINIONS AND VIEWS EXPRESSED are those of the respective Randy Hanks Edward Lee Spence authors and are not necessarily the opinions and views ofthe Hi'IIDrical Diving Fred Johnson Rod Stanley Society USA. © 1998 Historical Diving Society USA. All Rights Reserved. Ron & Christl Karlsson Hironao Tanaka DISCLAIMER Bob & Claudia Kirby Dr. James Vorosmarti Diving is a potentially hazardous practice and if practiced incorrectly or Leslie Leaney Gene & Elizabeth Webb with incomplete planning and procedures can expose a person to con­ siderable risks including serious injury or death. It requires specialized training, equipment and experience. HISTORICAL DIVER is not in­ tended as a substitute for the above or for the diver to abandon common sense in pursuit of diving activities beyond his or her abilities. HIS­ TORICAL DIVER is intended as a source of information on various aspects of diving, not as a substitute for proper training and experience. HDSUK For training in diving, contact a national certification agency. The reader AFFILIATE CHARTER MEMBER HDSITALIA is advised that all the elements of hazard and risk associated with diving DHSASEA MEMBER HDS S. AFRICA cannot be brought out within the scope of this text. The individuals, HDSDENMARK companies and organizations presented in HISTORICAL DIVER are not liable for damage or injury including death which may result from any diving activities, with respect to information contained herein. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES HDSUK HDSITALIA HDS SOUTH AFRICA DHS AUSTRALIA HDS DENMARK SECRETARY SECRETARY SECRETARY SOUTH EAST ASIA THE SECRETARY LITTLE GATTON LODGE Via G.B. Barbiani, 13 P.O. BOX 36541 P.O. BOX 2064 FRIDTJOF NANSENSVEJ 25 GATTON ROAD 48100 RAVENNA CHEMPET 7442 NORMANVILLE 32, 8200- RHUS REI GATE, ITALY CAPETOWN 5204 SOUTH AUSTRALIA DENMARK SURREY RH2 OHB SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA UNITED KINGDOM 2 HISTORICAL DIVER No. 16 Summer 1998 HISTORICAL DIVER ISSN 1094-4516 Number 16 Summer 1998 CONTENT PAGE 4 HDS Canada 5 News 6 New Members, Sponsor Program points, Calendar 7 Stan Sheley retires 8 In Memory. John Steel, Ingvar Elfstrom 9 The Undersea Heritage and Exploration Society- by John F. Hoover 11 Information Wanted. Commander Lionel Crabb, OBE, GM. 12 Karl Heinrich Klingert- by Michael Jung 14 Cover Story. Skin Diver Magazine October 1967 15 The Early Regulators- by Nick !com 19 Helmets of the Deep. DESCO Nuclear Helmet 20 Trevor Hampton. Master Diver and Underwater Sportsman - by Tony Aylmer 23 Rene Bussoz and US Divers- by Leslie Leaney 24 Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Branch photographs 26 Kansas City Bridge Divers 1869 27 Ye Olde US Navy Master Divers Locker- Kirby Morgan ADS-4 28 Information wanted from HD 14. - Conical attachment to a triple tank scuba set EDITORIAL With the publication of this Summer issue we are now pretty much back on our production schedule, after being a little behind earlier this year. Some of these delays were the result of placing historical accuracy above all else. We do let deadlines slip if we are not confident that our content is accurate. Like the Society, Historical Diver is basically run by a volunteer staff who do their best to bring you an accurate accounting of various topics of diving history from around the world. This sometimes involves translating several foreign languages, deciphering local technical jargon, a considerable amount of editing, and also transforming four different versions of the English language into one. The result is often a mid-Atlantic, mid-Pacific blend of English text. It might be a little unusual, but the criteria is historical accuracy: not competing with Shakespeare. If our printed accounting is inaccurate we invite and welcome corrections which we will publish in future editions. In this edition we are pleased to announce the formation of HDS Canada, who under the guidance of the knowledgeable Dr. Phil Nuytten, will no doubt expose us to that country's rich and varied underwater history. Our friends "down under" at DHS ASEA sent over some historical photos of the divers in the Royal Australian Navy which we are extremely happy to share with our members. Skin Diver Magazine has been working its Editor, and our Director, Bonnie Cardone at such a frantic pace that her regular "Women Pioneers" column missed our deadline, after 15 straight issues, but it will appear in the next issue. Those members with an interest in the maintenance and preservation of classic equipment will be pleased to read about the transformation of the Gulf Coast Working Equipment Group into The Undersea Heritage & Exploration Society, a non profit corporation. This wise move, orchestrated by Paul Shenck and John Hoover, provides the group with a vehicle to acquire and maintain artifacts of diving history. Of equal importance, it provides them with various means to fund their chosen activity while ensuring their diving operations have access to public support. We wish them luck on their new adventure. Leslie Leaney and Andy Lentz Editors. HISTORICAL DIVER No.16 Summer 1998 3 HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIEIY CANADA 241A East 1st Street Rear North Vancouver, B.C. V7L 1B4 Tel: 604-980-6262 Fax: 604-980-6236 e-mail: nrl@ direct.ca To: Members of the Historical Diving Society USA and Historical Diver readers: We are pleased to announce the formation of the Historical Diving Society Canada, head-quartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. HDS Canada is a non-profit society whose primary objective is the preserva­ tion of materials relating to the evolution of all forms of underwater technology, in Canada. HDS Canada will seek to promote education on general diving history and Canada's role in the progress of international diving equipment and practices. The first meeting of the newly formed society will be held during the Associa­ tion of Diving Contractors .Western Chapter Conference to be held October 8, 9 and 10, 1998 in Vancouver, B.C., at the Listel Vancouver Hotel, in the Courtyard Room, at 5:30pm Friday October 9, 1998. We look forward to working closely with the HDS-USA and our other sister organizations in other parts of the world. Dr. Phil Nuytten, Executive Director Historical Diving Society Canada A.D.C. 1998 Western Chapter Conference. VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA October 8-10, 1998 For information call 604-980-6262 4 HISTORICAL DIVER No.