MTS, SUT to Honor Marty Klein with Capt. Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration
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 Exploration. This prestigious award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding, sustained, and international contributions to the development, application, or propagation of marine and underwater technology toward the advancement of ocean exploration. Martin Klein, a name synonymous with ocean exploration, is a true pioneer in the field of underwater technology. Known as the “father
In Memoriam: Captain Don Walsh
Captain Don Walsh passed away on Sunday, 12 November 2023 at the age of 92.The Society for Underwater Technology released a statement saying: “Don Walsh will forever be remembered as a pioneer in exploration and especially for his famous first, when he and Jacques Piccard piloted the bathyscaphe Trieste to the deepest point in the world’s ocean with their dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960. He will also be remembered for his lifetime of contribution to ocean technology.“But for those that had the honour of knowing him, he will most be recalled for his humility, kindness
In Memoriam: E. John Michel, MRCM (DV) USN (Ret), Chief-of-the-Boat, Bathyscaph Trieste
work together with Trieste for nearly three more years. There are many more stories to be told about those days but no room for them here...I was honored to serve with Master Chief Petty Officer E. John Michel, shipmate and friend. Fair winds and seas as you embark on your last sea duty…By Don Walsh, Captain, USN (Ret), US Navy Submersible Pilot #1MASTER CHIEF JOHN MICHEL, HERO & FRIENDJohn Michel was born in Brooklyn, New York, July 25, 1933 to German immigrant parents. He learned shop skills from his father and many “uncles” in their close-knit neighborhood. He
Oi Americas to Host Product Launches and New Technologies
across the new blue economy. The technical track program covers all stages of ocean technology innovation; seamlessly connecting technology push with application pull.”In the Ocean Futures Theatre, must see industry events and networking opportunities such as the presentation of the Captain Don Walsh award for Ocean Exploration mix seamlessly in with conference sessions bought to life by leading lights in the sector. Dr Rick Spinrad, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator, Rear Admiral Ron Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command
Lander Lab #4: Underwater Releases
“We can get anything to the bottom of the ocean,” quipped Don Walsh, Pilot #1 of Bathyscaphe Trieste. “The trick is getting it back.” A release is how we get our lander back. The anchor weight needs to be discarded, allowing the self-buoyant lander to float back to the surface. That’s the primary task of a release.Releases serve other secondary purposes. They are used to initiate action such as deploying a drop arm, closing a water sampler or animal trap, or releasing a surface buoy or hydrophone string.A clever at-sea adaptation of timer releases was reported
Oi Americas Announces Key Partnerships for February 2023 Event
and individuals with a common interest in underwater technology, ocean science, and offshore engineering.SUT Chief Executive Cheryl Burgess said “we work closely with MTS in a number of ways including providing content for the MTS technical journal and working on joint awards such as the Captain Don Walsh Ocean Exploration Award. So, we are delighted to be working alongside them on this important event. SUT-US has been involved with Oi in San Diego since the first edition in February 2017. Jan van Smirren, the Hon Secretary of SUT-US has agreed to take the lead in coordinating SUT/MTS input, given
Winners of Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration Announced
The 2021 Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration has been won jointly by Commander Victor Vescovo, USN, Retired and Patrick Lahey for the 2019 Five Deeps Expedition and further dives of scientific or historical interest in subsequent years, the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) announced.Named after American oceanographer, explorer, retired naval officer, and marine policy specialist Captain Don Walsh, the award presented jointly by the MTS and the SUT recognizes outstanding, sustained, international contribution to the development, application
VIDEO Interview: Steve Hall, Chief Executive, Society for Underwater Technology
or ferromanganese crusts from the deep sea bed without completely destroying the local ecosystem? We’re all aware of these challenges. And even after all of these years, there’s so little of the deep ocean floor that we’ve really explored.I was privileged to be talking online to Don Walsh recently, who of course famously went down to the bottom of the Marianas on the Trieste in 1960. Don is an inspiring guy because he helps remind you that, until very recently, more people have walked on the moon than have ever visited the deepest parts of the ocean. There are still enormous gaps
Oi 50th "Voices": Don Walsh: First to Travel to the Deepest Ocean Depths
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Capt. Don Walsh decided to join the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station Oakland in 1948, where he became an aircrewman in torpedo bombers. Two years later, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, and in 1956, he enrolled in submarine school. Little did he know that four years later — in 1960 — he’d be the first person (with Jacques Piccard) to travel to the furthest ocean depths onboard the submersible Bathyscaph Trieste (Trieste).During his tenure as Officer-in-Charge of Trieste, Capt. Walsh was designated USN Deep Submersible Pilot #1. In January 1960
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