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  2. USS Scorpion (SSN-589) - Wikipedia

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    USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name. Scorpion sank on 27 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines that the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher . [ 4 ]

  3. Soviet submarine K-129 (1960) - Wikipedia

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    The United States announced that in the section they recovered were the bodies of six men. [13] Due to radioactive contamination , the bodies were buried at sea in a steel chamber in September 1974, with full military honors about 90 nautical miles (167 km) southwest of Hawaii. [ 11 ]

  4. List of sunken nuclear submarines - Wikipedia

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    The results of the U.S. Navy's various investigations into the loss of Scorpion are inconclusive. There are various theories about the loss. All 99 men on board died. Location: 740 kilometres (400 nmi) southwest of the Azores. USS Guitarro: sank May 15, 1969 while pier-side in shipyard due to improper ballasting. The submarine was eventually ...

  5. List of maritime disasters in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    USS Scorpion (SSN-589) – A nuclear-powered submarine that sank (due most likely to an internal explosion) on 22 May 460 nautical miles (850 km) southwest of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. 99 1933 Soviet Union: The Fourth disaster – a boat sank in the Volga near Yaroslavl on 9 July. At least 98 died. 98 1959 Denmark

  6. Project Azorian - Wikipedia

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    Project Azorian (also called "Jennifer" by the press after its Top Secret Security Compartment) [1] was a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to recover the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the Pacific Ocean floor in 1974 using the purpose-built ship Hughes Glomar Explorer.

  7. Bodies Of 8 Military Recovered After Vehicle Sinks During ...

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    The bodies of seven Marines and a Navy sailor have been recovered a week after their training vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California. On July 30, a crew of 16 was doing a routine ...

  8. 2 bodies found in truck at site of Baltimore bridge collapse ...

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    Two workers were found trapped in a truck at the middle of the collapsed bridge, and search efforts have been paused for the four other workers who are presumed dead, Maryland State Police say ...

  9. USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Wikipedia

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    Just outside the main gate of the Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, California, a Thresher–Scorpion Memorial honors the crews of the two submarines. [52] In Eureka, Missouri, there is a marble stone at the post office on Thresher Drive honoring the "officers and crew of the USS Thresher, lost 10 April 1963." [53]