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Upon conclusion of the Sealab Program, the US Navy turned to him to design, construct and certify the Ocean Simulation Facility at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), Panama City, FL: a seven chamber hyperbaric complex certified to support manned diving to 2,250 FSW.  It is still the free worlds largest and deepest saturation diving facility.  From 1970 through 1994 he was the sole engineer responsible for this system. During his tenure as a civil servant, he was the Senior Engineering Consultant to the Naval Facilities System Certification Authority responsible for the inspection and modification of all shore based hyperbaric facilities encompassing operational safety, quality assurance, system design and material adequacy.  While at NEDU he was responsible for research, development and testing of all new hyperbaric equipment and systems prior to fleet implementation.  During his civil service tenure, he designed and installed over 50 hyperbaric chambers for the military services.

Mr. McCarthy is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Undersea Hyperbaric and Medical Society (UHMS). He is currently Past-President of the Associates Group within the UHMS and a member of the UHMS Safety Committee. He has authored the Safety Guidelines for Multiplace and Monoplace Hyperbaric Facilities for the UHMS.