The Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) announced Martin “Marty” Klein as the distinguished recipient of the 2024 Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean ...

Nature."Unlike isolated pockets of organisms, this community thrives like a vibrant oasis in the vast desert of the deep sea," Du added.While some marine animals have been documented at even greater ...

Back from the deepest depths ever reached by man, Jacques Piccard and Lieut. Don Walsh flew into Washington last week to receive decorations from President Eisenhower, and to tell how it felt as the ...

The Navy’s bathyscaph Trieste reached its goal last week: the bottom of the Marianas Trench, which is believed to be the deepest place in all the world’s oceans. Manned by Jacques Piccard, son of the ...

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In summer 1958, 27-year-old Navy Staff Lt. Don Walsh was assigned to the submarine tender Nereus, part of Submarine Flotilla 1 at the sub base on Point Loma. It was a safe, steady desk job, but less ...

GENEVA — Jacques Piccard, a scientist and underwater explorer who plunged deeper beneath the ocean than any other man, died Saturday, his son's company said. He was 86. Piccard died at his Lake Geneva ...

What You Need to Know: In 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN-593), a nuclear-powered attack submarine and the lead vessel of her class, tragically sank during deep-diving tests off the coast of Massachusetts ...

Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (WHTM) The building has an unusual history. “This building was originally part of a gun factory where they would put parts of large caliber guns together and ...

CHALLENGER DEEP, MARIANA TRENCH, SOUTHEAST OF GUAM (WHTM) — The first dive to the deepest part of Earth’s oceans had its start with a record-breaking ascent into Earth’s atmosphere. On May 27, 1931, ...