 Healthways Galvnized Steel 72 Circa 1960. |
 US Divers Painted Steel 72 Circa 1960. |
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Healthways Galvnized Steel 72 Circa 1960. |
US Divers Painted Steel 72 Circa 1960. |
 Nemrod Steel 72, from Spain Circa 1972. |
 Healthways Painted Steel 72 Circa 1968. |
 One of the first USD Aluminum 80's Circa 1974. |
 Top decal of tank pictured at left. This tank also has a nice blue, rubber boot with the USD logo. Circa 1974. |
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This Voit tank is from 1959. Similar ones
were used in the TV show, 'Sea Hunt'.
The earliest 'scuba' tanks were converted WWII aviator's oxygen
tanks
of about 40 c.f., fitted with a standard scuba valve. US Divers first
started
selling tanks designed especially for scuba in about 1951. They were
rated
at 2150 psi, and had a concave bottom so as to stand on their own.
These
tanks were usually stamped 'RENE' - he was the first to sell them from
his sporting goods shop in southern California. Some earlier scuba
tanks
came from Canada and France, but they are rarely seen in this country
today.