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Miller Dunn #3 Shallow Water Diving Helmet, Very Rare Description Miller Dunn Diving Helmet IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION: Rather than answer all the emails individually is the shipping information so you can get a quote to your country. The weight of the helemt with custom built crate is 100lb. Please add $40.00 for the price of the crate and insurance to your shipping quote. I will ship Worldwide buyer pays all shipping charges and any duty type fees. This is a very rare Miller Dunn #3 Shallow Water Diving Helmet with a History!!!!! The following is the account from the Navy Diver who salvaged the helmet, a framed account will be included with the purchase. I have left his name off the auction but it is on the framed account. RECOVERED FROM THE USS ERIE, A US NAVY GUNBOAT. IT WAS TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUB IN 1942. A REAL PIECE OF HISTORY. "During my 25 year career in the Navy, I was once aboard the USS Opportune a 200ft Navy Sea rd Hats, Going Tug and Salvage ship. We had aboard a number of Navy Hard Hats, diving decompression chambers and diving equipment. About 1951 we were in Curacao (Dutch West Indies) w we raised the USS Erie, a US Navy Gunboat that had been torpedoed by a German sub in 1942. The USS Erie ran up the channel to the Dutch base w it sank in about 50ft of water. While moving the compressors and diving equipment from the holds of the ship, I came across this helmet stowed away in the hold. At that time it was painted with red paint known as Red Lead. I learned that the helmet was developed in the 1920's as a training helmet. The helmet sits on the shoulders and weighs about 65-75lbs. Kept upright the helmet was supplied air by a hose to the surface connected by a manual operated air compressor on a diving barge. Air entering the helmet kept the water out and the diver could breath. The hat was not attached to a suit as the later hard hats were. In later years as these helmets became obsolete, the Greek sponge divers of Tampa Florida got hold of them and used them in retrieving sponges from the bottom of Tampa Bay. I have had this helmet all these years, removing the Red Lead and shining up the bronze and copper and then finally I decided to let it go" The front and back weight are stamped: NO.3 DIVINGHOOD, MILLER-DUNN CO. MIAMI. FLA The side plate is stamped with US Navy Patent information. So as you can see from reading this account and like me I am sure you find it as as exciting as I did when I first read it. It is so rare these days to find one of these helmets with some history behind it. I am very sad to see it go but our baby was very sick and we had to pay for intensive care. So it's time to make some sacrifices. Good luck bidding. Ask any questions. I will take a check it will have to clear first. It can be shipped worldwide contact me first about shipping please.
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