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Deep-sea divers have set at
' least one altitude record
their insurance rates are
among the highest in the country.
For all the dangers, though, it's
a job that fascinates young men,
many of whom are trained at a
U.S. Navy school in Bayonne,
N.J. Since the school's
founding in 1942, . -
alumni have recovered $2 billion in sunken goods and salvaged
1,000 wrecked ships. The "final exam" requires the class
to patch a sunken LST and refloat it. Here's how
one class won their deep-sea degrees.
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Weighted belt helps diver stay down.
Air and phone lines keep him in touch.
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Donning deep-sea suit is a little like playing Frankenstein's monster; suit, helmet, and attachments weigh 192 pounds. Repairs made, hull balloons to surface.
18 Family Weekly, January 5, 1958