The USA tried to salvage a Soviet submarine

[davemchine]

This story reads like fiction. Hard to believe they really tried to do this. Great story.
http://io9.com/that-time-the-cia-and-how...1561583789

[SteveG]

Both Presidents and the CIA Director thank
you for keeping silent about this story.
(Despite its worldwide publication almost 40 years ago.)

In February 1975, investigative reporter and former Timesman Seymour Hersh had planned to publish a story on Project Azorian. Bill Kovach, the New York Times Washington bureau chief at the time, said in 2005 that the government offered a convincing argument to delay publication — exposure at that time, while the project was ongoing, "would have caused an international incident." The Times published its account in March 1975, after a story appeared in the Los Angeles Times, and included a five-paragraph explanation of the many twists and turns in the path to publication

[Uncle Wig]

Watch this! Great documentary about Azorian.
Azorian: The Raising of the K-129

Trailer

The technical difficulty of this project has been compared to going to the moon. The Glomar Explorer still exists, but, sadly, the specialized lifting machinery has not. If you watch reruns of EMERGENCY on MeTV, occasionally the ship appears in aerial views in episodes where they go out on a Coast Guard helicopter.

(This should be moved back to the other side so more people will see it - very interesting historical topic.)

[davemchine]

It is an incredible historical story but the article is essentially political in nature so I posted it to this side in order to not offend anyone. Perhaps I erred on the side of caution.

Uncle Wig, thanks for posting the video. I'm going to watch that later today.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I think the story about admitting the Glomar Explorer was not really searching for manganese nuggets is over 25 years old.

[SteveG]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
I think the story about admitting the Glomar Explorer was not really searching for manganese nuggets is over 25 years old.

39 years old..

[davester]

Yes, you did err way over on the side of caution. This story is not the least bit political and it's almost ancient history. It was an interesting episode in the cold war though.

[Uncle Wig]

davester wrote:
Yes, you did err way over on the side of caution. This story is not the least bit political and it's almost ancient history. It was an interesting episode in the cold war though.

That it's a fantastic story of American capability and problem-solving what's more important here. You're right: it wasn't that big a deal in the end. But to hear how they did it by a lot of the people who did do it is extremely valuable.

[SteveO]

I read of this a few years ago, it certainly is a very interesting old-school cloak and dagger story. $3b in today's dollars were spent on this, wow. Blank check, anyone?

[eustacetilley]

SteveO wrote:
I read of this a few years ago, it certainly is a very interesting old-school cloak and dagger story. $3b in today's dollars were spent on this, wow. Blank check, anyone?

Howard Hughes.

Eustace