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The K-129, having completed two 70-day ballistic-missile combat patrols in 1967, was tasked with her third patrol in February 1968, with an expected completion date of 5 May 1968. Upon departure on 24 February, K-129 reached deep water, conducted a test dive, returned to the surface and reported by radio that all was well, and proceeded on patrol.
Successful recovery of a portion of Soviet submarine K-129 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 .
The Point Sur facility played a key role in locating the wreck of Soviet submarine K-129. On March 8, 1968, the boat sank without a trace in the ocean northwest of Hawaii. After months of searching, the Soviet navy was unable to locate the wreck. Naval Facility Point Sur was asked to review its acoustic data.
K-129. The Soviet submarine K-129. (CIA) The Soviet Union lost contact with one of its ballistic missile submarines, the K-129, and its 98 crew members in March 1968 while it was in the middle of ...
Soviet submarine K-129 may refer to one or both of the following submarines of the Soviet Navy: Soviet submarine K-129 (1960), a Golf-class (Project 629) diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine that sank in March 1968; partially salvaged by the United States Navy by Glomar Explorer; Soviet submarine K-129 (1981), a Delta III-class nuclear ...
A month after departing the Soviet Northern Fleet’s Gadzhiyevo submarine base, K-219 was conducting launch drills, preparing for the day it might launch its nuclear-tipped missiles at the ...
English: Among the contents of the recovered section of K-129 were the bodies of six Soviet submariners. They were given a formal military burial at sea on September 4, 1974. DCI Robert Gates presented a film of the burial ceremony to Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1992.
Norway releases video to NBC News showing Russian submarines off its coast, as it beefs up naval patrols to protect undersea pipeline and telecoms cables.