It looks like a cross between a diving suit from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Michelin Man, but the hard diving suit on display at the Offshore Technology Conference is neither science ...

Diving suit finds its application for underwater work such as civil engineering, marine salvage, pearl shell diving, commercial diving work, naval diving applications to name few.

Navy diving missions include deep ocean salvage of vessels and aircraft, underwater rescues, explosive ordnance disposal, ship hull maintenance and recovery of sunken equipment.

PITTSFIELD — If it wasn’t for his commanding officer aboard a U.S. Navy submarine, Jerry Smith may never have found his passion for scuba diving. Although Smith was a diving gear technician during his ...