Hughes Glomar Explorer, Caribbean Sea, 1973, boat, Photo

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Code Number:: TSWV03P02_16
Title:: Hughes Glomar Explorer, Caribbean Sea, Project Azorian, IMO: 7233292, 1973; IMO: 7233292
MMSI: 576830000
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Cost: $350 million +
Keel laid down: 1971
Launched: 04/11/1972
Completed: 31/04/1998
Status: Scrapped
Type: Drillship
Displacement: 50,500 long tons (51,310 t) light
Length: 189 meters (619 feet)
Beam: 35 meters (116 feet)
Draft: 12 meters (38 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
5 Nordberg 16-cylinder diesel engines driving 4,160 V AC generators turning 6 2,200 hp (1.6 MW) DC shaft motors, twin shafts
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew: 160
The taking of K-129 is an incredible book by Josh Dean. I highly recommend reading this true story of almost unbelievable espionage and deception.
Keywords:: Project Azorian, Raising a Sunken Russian Submarine from 17.000 Feet Underwater without the Russians knowing, Secret CIA Project, 1968-1974, Workboats, Maritime, Commerce, Transportation, Technology, business, freightage, hauling, shipment, transit, transporting, transshipment, industrial, industry, Freighter, working, boat, Vessel, Commercial-Shipping, Freight, Ship, Cargo, Mariner, Fleet, hull, travel, Commercial, Shipping, merchant, History, Archives

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Code Number:: TSWV03P02_16
Title:: Hughes Glomar Explorer, Caribbean Sea, Project Azorian, IMO: 7233292, 1973; IMO: 7233292
MMSI: 576830000
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Cost: $350 million +
Keel laid down: 1971
Launched: 04/11/1972
Completed: 31/04/1998
Status: Scrapped
Type: Drillship
Displacement: 50,500 long tons (51,310 t) light
Length: 189 meters (619 feet)
Beam: 35 meters (116 feet)
Draft: 12 meters (38 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric
5 Nordberg 16-cylinder diesel engines driving 4,160 V AC generators turning 6 2,200 hp (1.6 MW) DC shaft motors, twin shafts
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew: 160
The taking of K-129 is an incredible book by Josh Dean. I highly recommend reading this true story of almost unbelievable espionage and deception.
Keywords:: Project Azorian, Raising a Sunken Russian Submarine from 17.000 Feet Underwater without the Russians knowing, Secret CIA Project, 1968-1974, Workboats, Maritime, Commerce, Transportation, Technology, business, freightage, hauling, shipment, transit, transporting, transshipment, industrial, industry, Freighter, working, boat, Vessel, Commercial-Shipping, Freight, Ship, Cargo, Mariner, Fleet, hull, travel, Commercial, Shipping, merchant, History, Archives
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