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03/04/10: DESCO is reintroducing the line of wood water skis we produced in the 1950's. A website has been established to market these skis. See www.descowaterskis.com for more information.
12/23/09: The new price lists have been issued to our dealers and posted on the downloads page.
12/16/09: The Noise Canceling Speaker Assembly Retrofit for the Air Hat Cat. No. 61224 has been discontinued. This retrofit is superseded by the Cat. No. 61222R cup retrofit. The noise canceling speaker will be available with the new cup.
12/03/09: With the end of the year coming we are reviewing our pricing. Last January we didn't make any changes. In a rare move we had to make adjustments in September and issue a new pricelist. There will be some necessary changes on product prices at the end of the year. We will be holding the line across most of our products. A new pricelist will be issued before January 1st.
04/28/09: Due to a billing dispute with tinyhosts.com, the firm who hosts the USS Squalus website DESCO has decided to close that site down and create a page on this site to keep the purchasers of the commemorative helmets updated.
03/12/09: DESCO and HDS have decided not to wait until September to deliver the USS Squalus helmets. The original plan was to hold all 26 helmets for a group photo. Two helmets per week will be sent for plating and then assembled. Those purchasers who expressed a desire to receive their helmets immediately have had their helmets scheduled accordingly. If any USS Squalus Commemorative Helium Helmet purchaser wishes to know the status of their helmet they should contact us. Two helmets have already been delivered and two more are in the assembly stage.
01/23/09: The purchase of Hunter Diving by Trelleborg has opened the opportunity for DESCO to sell both Hunter and Viking Drysuit lines. DESCO was a Viking dealer back in the 90's and we look forward to renewing that relationship. This move allows DESCO to offer quality drysuits in a range of intended uses and price points.
12/23/08: DESCO will not be making any price changes on January 1, 2009 as we have historically done. Due to present economic conditions we have decided to hold at current pricing levels for the near future. If the economic situation changes (up or down) and price adjustments are warranted (up or down) we will do so at that time.
10/15/08: We have discontinued the half zip sweatshirts. Our supplier has stopped carrying those sweatshirts so we can no longer get them.
09/03/08: The last of the All Brass Limited Edition U.S. Navy Divers Knives have been sold. The production run was 200 pieces and no more will be made.
07/25/08: A price increase on some DESCO products will take effect on August 1, 2008. Due to risings costs for Brass and Copper we will be making a price increase on August 1st. The cost of our castings plus the transportation costs from the foundry force us to make the increase. The prices for Brass bar stock and Copper sheet have also risen sharply. The new pricelists are now available on the download page. Only 3 Limited Edition Diver's Knives are left.
07/15/08: Effective immediately the handling charge will increase from $6.00 to $7.00. The cost of packing materials has gone up much the same as other items.
05/20/08: We have added the Hunter Drysuits Sizing Charts as a download onto the drysuits page. Also available is the Hunter Drysuit size information form.
04/06/08: DESCO is now making an adapter to go from male JIC 6 to 1 1/16"-17 female. Part No. 23057. Only five of the two hundred Limited Edition Diver's knives are left. The knife is all Brass and the belt is Brown with a cast Brass buckle. Each knife is stamped with #/200 on the sheath and handle.
03/24/08: A list of remaining DESCO Litho tee shirts has been added to the "In Stock" page. The litho tees were discontinued last November due to increasing production costs.
12/18/07: DESCO will no longer be offering the reproduction Mark V Diving Helmet. Our supplier has stopped importing them due to spiraling costs.
Sept. 2006
A polished DESCO Mark V Helmet #366, Date of Mfg. 08/25/06 was stolen in mid-September from a residence in California.
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In the mid 1990's a truck was stolen from a motel parking lot containing equipment en route to the ADC Underwater convention in Houston. In that truck among other equipment was a DESCO Abalone helmet. This helmet was on loan from DESCO to one of our dealers. It is unique in that the tag on the breastplate is from the Air Hat, like this one. If you know the whereabouts of this helmet please contact us.
