Vessel Divers Searching Sunk Superyacht- Sicily

[Angelo Farina]

It's good to hear Angelo weigh in. And I do respect Italy's pioneering work in diving, even though the early work was to make mischief.

Mischief ???
Please, elaborate...
Italians started scuba diving for military operations during WW2.
The initial group of divers were called Gamma Men, but actually they included also one woman.
They did develop special equiment, such as waterproof suits in rubber, full face masks, fins, and the famous ARO rebreather, which was at the time the most advanced scuba system, derived by improving an English system.
This Gamna Group did include Luigi Ferraro, probably the most successfull military diver of all times, as he alone did sink at least 4 English vessels. His wife was the only woman in the team, although she was never deployed in active military actions.
They also used SLCs, also called "maiali" (pigs), slow propeller-driven torpedoes. Using them, a group of Gamma incursors, called X MAS, did sink the English ships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant inside the port of Alexandria.
After the end of WW2, Luigi Ferraro was the very first instructor organising sport scuba diving courses, back in 1948.
He and his friend (and business partner) Jacques Cousteau later founded the CMAS.
I see no "mischief" in all of this...

 

[pauldw]

he alone did sink at least 4 English vessels...a group of Gamma incursors, called X MAS, did sink the English ships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant

Well, there you are!

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I see no "mischief" in all of this...

The sinking of the Elli was a tad bit naughty, don't you think?

 

[Biotech Diver]

My uncle was a US Navy Frogman (precursor to the Navy SEALS) in WW 2 in the Pacific Campaign. He told me stories of going in ahead of the Marines to diffuse Japanese mines. Wish i could have heard more of his war stories.

Mischief ???
Please, elaborate...
Italians started scuba diving for military operations during WW2.
The initial group of divers were called Gamma Men, but actually they included also one woman.
They did develop special equiment, such as waterproof suits in rubber, full face masks, fins, and the famous ARO rebreather, which was at the time the most advanced scuba system, derived by improving an English system.
This Gamna Group did include Luigi Ferraro, probably the most successfull military diver of all times, as he alone did sink at least 4 English vessels. His wife was the only woman in the team, although she was never deployed in active military actions.
They also used SLCs, also called "maiali" (pigs), slow propeller-driven torpedoes. Using them, a group of Gamma incursors, called X MAS, did sink the English ships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant inside the port of Alexandria.
After the end of WW2, Luigi Ferraro was the very first instructor organising sport scuba diving courses, back in 1948.
He and his friend (and business partner) Jacques Cousteau later founded the CMAS.
I see no "mischief" in all of this...

Mischief ???
Please, elaborate...
Italians started scuba diving for military operations during WW2.
The initial group of divers were called Gamma Men, but actually they included also one woman.
They did develop special equiment, such as waterproof suits in rubber, full face masks, fins, and the famous ARO rebreather, which was at the time the most advanced scuba system, derived by improving an English system.
This Gamna Group did include Luigi Ferraro, probably the most successfull military diver of all times, as he alone did sink at least 4 English vessels. His wife was the only woman in the team, although she was never deployed in active military actions.
They also used SLCs, also called "maiali" (pigs), slow propeller-driven torpedoes. Using them, a group of Gamma incursors, called X MAS, did sink the English ships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant inside the port of Alexandria.
After the end of WW2, Luigi Ferraro was the very first instructor organising sport scuba diving courses, back in 1948.
He and his friend (and business partner) Jacques Cousteau later founded the CMAS.
I see no "mischief" in all of this...

 

[Jared0425]

Mischief ???
Please, elaborate...

He's referring to Italian frogmen and their operations against Allied shipping in WW2. Axis operations are "mischief" in western culture.

On a side note, do you know what this tool is that they're using to cut through the bulkhead? A diver in doubles is using it, so it isn't electric or pneumatic.

 

[Still Kicking]

My uncle was a US Navy Frogman (precursor to the Navy SEALS) in WW 2 in the Pacific Campaign. He told me stories of going in ahead of the Marines to diffuse Japanese mines. Wish i could have heard more of his war stories.

Have you read "Into Enemy Waters"? A biography of one of the last of the original UDT members. I found it a good read.

 

[Biotech Diver]

No but thanks for the suggestion! I want to see if I can get my uncle’s service records from the Veteran Archives in Missouri because I really don’t know much about his WW2 other than a few conversations with him back in the 1980s before he died.

Have you read "Into Enemy Waters"? A biography of one of the last of the original UDT members. I found it a good read.

 

[ofg-1]

On a side note, do you know what this tool is that they're using to cut through the bulkhead? A diver in doubles is using it, so it isn't electric or pneumatic.

Don't bet on it.

Nemo Submersible Tools Shop - Nemo Power Tools

Purchase Nemo Power Tools. Available power tools and spare parts and kits for maintenance.

nemopowertools.com

 

[drohn]

QUOTE="ofg-1, post: 10426231, member: 47723"]
Don't bet on it.

Nemo Submersible Tools Shop - Nemo Power Tools

Purchase Nemo Power Tools. Available power tools and spare parts and kits for maintenance.

nemopowertools.com

[/QUOTE]

I have no use for them, but I need them all.

 

[Jared0425]

I found it on a YouTube video.