Captain Kit Kuittinen
Voice: (707) 987-4802
captainkit@absmarineconsultants.com

U.S.C.G. licensed 200 Ton Master
Assoc. Degree in Marine Technology
Underwater Photography Degree
U.S. Army Honorable Discharge

Personal

• Operating on & under the Oceans for 36 years.
• Marine Salvage, Construction, Mining and Commercial Marine Archaeology.
• Logging 37,000+ hrs. of Air & Mixed Gas Diving.
• Total vessels salvaged todate is 76.
• Captain and First Mate duties on Commercial operations including:
  Cargo, Charter, Diving, Deliveries and Expeditions.

Areas of Cruising

Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, Bahamas, East coast of the United States, Caribbean, South America.

Work Experience

1995 to 2006

ABS Marine Consultants, Consultant, Captain, Expedition Team Leader, Dive Team Leader, Marine Research (History & Equipment)

Site Exploration, Surveying

1993 to 1995

A & D Marine, Captain and Salvage Master
City of Key West: Contract for removal of derelict vessels

Charter Boat Captain: Vessels to 65 foot - Hatteras
Egg Harbor - Ocean - Bertram - Number One - Smith

1989 to 1993

A & D Marine, Captain and Salvage Master
Monroe County: Contract for removal of derelict vessels

Charter Boat Captain: Vessels to 117 foot - Florida Fish Finder: 117 foot aluminum custom built, 46 passenger, 2 1/2 day trip to the Dry Tortugas

Deliveries: Vessels up to 65 foot to Bimini, Grand Bahamas, Long Island, Dominican Republic, St.Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Free port, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Porgeso, Mexico

Tournaments: Key West Hemingway, Galleon Marina Fish Round Up.
(1) 2nd Place
(2) 3rd Place
(1) 4th Place
(1) Bill Fish Association Special Release Award

1988

Dover Enterprises: Deliveries: LCM's, LCCM's, Choy Lee's and Morgan's
To and from: San Diego, California, San Francisco, California and Port Townsend, Washington

1983 to 1987

SeaQuatics: Captain and Diver for Marine Specimens

Contracts with Museums, Aquariums, Colleges, Theme Parks, Distributors Worldwide

Logged over 10,000 hours of diving in this time period

Commercial dive operation: USS Luckenback

Mate and diver:

Operated 400 foot vessel, M/V Panama
Undersea Mining involving mixed gases and Recompression
Chamber Operation

Assistant instructor to College teacher Captain Michael Lewis, Monroe City College, Key West, Florida

Courses: Sport Fishing, Navigation, Marine safety, Fire Arms at Sea

Deliveries:

To and from Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Belize vessels to 85 foot, for Singleton Fleets

1980 to 1983

Seizure Operations Services, Inc.
Performed confidential assignments and key logistical support services on the high seas for the Drug Enforcement Administration, Florida Keys area, Florida Joint Task Force-Group 8, Key West area, U.S. Customs Services, Key West area and the U.S. Coast Guard, Key West area

1979 to 1983

Caribbean Ventures
Master Diver and First Mate with Captain duties and Rigger

Two vessels:

M/V Juniper, 185 foot ex-Coast guard Buoy Tender
M/V Seeker, 117 foot Commercial Salvage, Cargo vessel, 33 ft Beam, 4.5 ft draft

Eleven marine archeology expeditions, including the discovery of Columbus' ship in the Pinta in Turks and Caicos

Commercial salvaged vessels: Totaling 54 sunk or aground; up to 87 tons
Seized vessel deliveries: 23 up to 65 foot; Puerto Rico, Key West, Green Cove springs, Florida

1973 to 1979

Commercial diver - Oil Fields
Companies: Martech, Oceaneering, Brown & Root, Tatman Mining

1971 to 1973

General Commercial diving during College

1959 to 1971

General Commercial diving
Instruction
Updating Licenses
Placer Gold Mining
Abalone and Urchin diving
Underwater Construction
Pipeline and Harbor Inspection
Vessel Salvage