On Wednesday, July 16, the History of Diving Museum will host submersible pilot and ROV engineer Don Liberatore as he presents a free lecture titled “Submersibles for Science” at 7 p.m.
Liberatore began his 34-year career in human occupied submersibles when he joined the submersible crew of Harbor Branch Foundation in Fort Pierce in October 1977. Since then, he has worked for Deep Sea Systems Inc., a division of Oceaneering International, as well as the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration and others. He has logged more than 1,780 dives as a submersible pilot in five different vehicles, hundreds more as a pilot trainer and more than 200 as Johnson-Sea-Link diver/tender.
This talk will cover a brief history of the Johnson-Sea-Link I and II submersibles, which began their operational careers as Diver Lock Out Systems dedicated to marine science. Liberatore will also discuss the benefits and limitations of the Diver Lock Out System. In addition, guests will learn about some of the tools developed to recover items from up to 3,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, and highlights from such missions…