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First submersible jamboree

By | 2018-03-02T21:27:21+00:00 April 19, 2017|Records, Submersibles & ROVs|

First submersible jamboree

Last updated: March 2, 2018 at 21:27 pm

Catalina Island (California), 1969 — 7 submersibles: Cousteau Sea Fleas, Star II, Deep Quest, Nekton, Beaver and Dowb. During the dive hosted by the Rockwell marine facility, the combined fleet discovered a shipwreck and was surrounded by a mass of squid.

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Jeffrey Gallant is the Editor-in-Chief and Records Keeper of the Diving Almanac. He is also a contributing editor of DIVER Magazine, and the scientific director of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG). Jeffrey started diving in 1982.

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