DESCO

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DESCO is a diving equipment maker which was first organized in 1937 in Wisconsin in the USA as Diving Equipment and Salvage Co.

It was founded by:-

• Max Gene Nohl, a diver who lived in Milwaukee. In the early 1930's he had national publicity for his salvage operations on a sunken steamship, the "John Dwight".
• Col. John D. Craig, a Hollywood movie producer, a pioneer in underwater photography, who wanted to film the possible salvage of the RMS Lusitania.
• Jack Browne, a diver.
• Edgar End, M.D., a pioneer in hyperbaric medicine.

Browne and Nohl designed a lightweight heliox diving suit.

On December 1, 1937 in Lake Michigan, Max Nohl dived to 420 feet with DESCO equipment, breaking a a the U.S. Navy diver Frank Crilley's depth record set in 1915.

In WWII DESCO made hardhat diving gear and oxygen rebreathers for the US Navy.

[edit] External links

• http://www.divingheritage.com/descokern.htm
• http://www.divedesco.com/