Christian J. Lambertsen, OSS officer who created early scuba device, dies at 93

[THX1138]

Christian J. Lambertsen, who as a medical student in 1939 invented a revolutionary underwater breathing system used by the military in World War II and who later helped coin the popular acronym to describe his device and others like it - scuba - died of renal failure Feb. 11 at his home in Newtown Square, Pa. He was 93.

Christian J. Lambertsen, OSS officer who created early scuba device, dies at 93

 

[VooDooGasMan]

yes, the LARU was the first rebreather system on o2, I think thats what the navy seals used for mines. A sea hunt episode has a guy using a laru of some sort.

We are at the end of the WWII survivors, I wish I would of known he was alive, it would of been nice to meet him.




Happy Diving

 

[DocVikingo]

Video: What Scuba Pioneer Christian Lambertsen's Gear Looked Like - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

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