Don Walsh, the San Diego naval officer who squeezed into a tiny submersible with scientist Jacques Piccard in 1960 and dove nearly 7 miles to become the first humans to reach the deepest spot in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Navy Lt. Don Walsh and explorer Jacques Piccard descend to the deepest spot in the ...

Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, a Naval Academy graduate and explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean — to the “snuff-colored ooze” at ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Dr. Don Walsh, CAPT, USN (ret) smiles at the event. The Navy honors history-making undersea adventurer and scientist, Dr. Don Walsh, CAPT, USN (ret) at a 50th anniversary ...

Don Walsh, a pioneering U.S. Navy explorer who, along with the scientist Jacques Piccard, broke the record for human deep submergence by descending nearly seven miles to the ocean's deepest spot, died ...

Retired Navy Capt. Don Walsh, an explorer who in 1960 was part of a two-man crew that made the first voyage to the deepest part of the ocean — to the “snuff-colored ooze” at the bottom of the ...