WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Dr. Don Walsh, CAPT, USN (ret) smiles at the event. The Navy honors history-making undersea adventurer and scientist, Dr. Don Walsh, CAPT, USN (ret) at a 50th anniversary ...

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Navy officer who took a manned submersible to the deepest part of the ocean in 1960 said it would have been impossible without the steady financial support by the Office of ...

100415-N-7676W-101 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2010) Rear Adm. David Titley, Oceanographer of the Navy, congratulates retired Capt. Don Walsh, the first commander of the U.S. Navy bathyscaph Trieste. ...

COQUILLE — Fifty years ago U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard climbed into the chamber of Bathyscaphe Trieste, a deep-sea research sub. The two men were about to make history.

Reservations: required by Monday. For more information, go to mts-sandiego.org. Online: For photos of the Trieste and other deep-sea vehicles, go to uniontrib.com ...

Sixty miles southeast of Guam, the Navy’s bathyscaphe Trieste (TIME, Sept. 1, 1958) settled slowly below the rolling .sea. In the small, thick-shelled crew compartment were Lieut. Donald Walsh and ...

In 1960, Navy lieutenant and submarine captain Don Walsh volunteered to join Swiss undersea explorer Jacques Piccard on a mission to the bottom of the ocean. As a co-pilot, Walsh held the record with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. THE Swiss engineer and deep-sea explorer Jacques Piccard, who made many contributions to the development of deep-sea exploration and ...

While space is being charted by the hour, the ocean deeps that cover 70% of the earth are largely unexplored. Last week the Navy, speeding its researches below the sea (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) brought ...