Old dive tables?
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Volume311:
I still have the set included in my USN Diving Manual, plus a set in my USN chamber ops. booklet. To my knowledge every edition of the manual contained a set of tables, thus you could try & find a first edition copy, as mine are circa 1979.
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DSD
diver 85
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Still carry a small water proof one in my BC...90'/30 min...60'/60 min...always reminds me that 'today's' tables are a little liberal....btw, they are not THAT old.......lol..... that was (only) 1985's standards.....
Gilldiver
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You mean something like 160 feet for 20 minutes on air get you 3 min @ 20' and 11 min @10'?
I always did 5@30 and 15@10 - standard USS Bass dive.
I always did 5@30 and 15@10 - standard USS Bass dive.
The 1993 manual has the 1992 calculations of the table. Earlier than that, the 1953 model was pretty popular.Volume311:
Diving with Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Reports 1 - 11.
Lanphier and Dwyer 1954
RRR ID: 3323
NOTE: Rules are interesting... Nice since it has references.
STANDARD AIR DECOMPRESSION TABLE.
des Granges. 1957
RRR ID: 3331
NOTE: this one is hard to read but it is the best we had from that time period. First REAL complete set of tested USN tables I know of.
Past these, DeepSeaDan nailed it with each edition of the manual. These can be found in the UHMS Collection held at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC).
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First USN diving manual
1905
Handbook for seamen gunners
A manual for Divers
Naval torpedo station
Washington.
Page 34 & 44
"As a rule diving should not be carried out on much below 20 fathoms,although experienced divers have gone as deep as 34 fathoms"
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FYI
1 fathom =6 feet
20 fathoms =120 feet
34 fathoms =204
sdm
1905
Handbook for seamen gunners
A manual for Divers
Naval torpedo station
Washington.
Page 34 & 44
"As a rule diving should not be carried out on much below 20 fathoms,although experienced divers have gone as deep as 34 fathoms"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FYI
1 fathom =6 feet
20 fathoms =120 feet
34 fathoms =204
sdm
sam miller:
Awesome Sam, Thank you!!
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