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And speaking of that ship in the background, which might be said to have a boatload of baggage in its history, "Former CIA Spy Ship Hughes Glomar Explorer Sold for Scrap By: Sam LaGrone September 9, 2015 1:15 PM Updated: August 23, 2016 11:37 AM" https://news.usni.org/2015/09/09/former-cia-spy-ship-hughes-glomar-explorer-sold-for-scrap "... Following the disclosure the ship was part of the Navy’s mothball fleet until its conversion and use by commercial interests. Transocean did neither disclose the buyer nor the location of the scrapping but said in an April fleet status report the ship would be held for sale resulting in a $100-120 million write-down for the company.
The sale is a further symptom of offshore oil rig sales by drilling companies as a result of the current trend of low oil prices."
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This is the ship that the CIA used in the recovery of the sunken Soviet Submarine K-129 back in the 1970s. They essentially reached down thousands of feet and grabbed the sub with a giant claw. Unfortunately, the sub broke up as it was being pulled inside the hull. Still, the CIA apparently did recover some intelligence, including a couple of nuke-tipped torpedoes, and sadly, the remains of half a dozen Soviet Submariners. The story reads like a sci-fi thriller and we still don't know half of what really happened. Howard Hughes was quite a character right to the end of his life.
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