Oldest scuba diving club [USA]
Last updated: August 27, 2017 at 4:21 am
The Sea Sabres Scuba Club was formed in 1953 by a group of engineers working for Rockwell International on the Sabre jet fighter.
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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.