What happened to the Glomar Explorer?

The Glomar Explorer returned to Long Beach in September 1974 with a number of crates recovered from the sub. The sub itself was transported to the naval submarine base in Bangor, Washington. But the CIA wanted the rest of the vessel that remained on the ocean floor.

What sank the K-129?

The official Soviet Navy hypothesis is that K-129, while operating in snorkel mode, slipped below its operating depth. Such an event, combined with a mechanical failure or improper crew reaction, can cause flooding sufficient to sink the boat.

What was the purpose of the Glomar Explorer?

Built as Glomar Explorer by the CIA, the ship was purpose built to recover the remains of the almost 3,000-ton Soviet Golf II ballistic missile submarine K-129 which was lost at sea in 1968.

How much did the Glomar Explorer cost?

Glomar Explorer

Does the Glomar Explorer still exist?

Engineers, ship aficionados, and Cold War fans may shed a tear over this, but the former Glomar Explorer has been sold for scrap.

What does Glomar stand for?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In United States law, the term Glomar response, also known as Glomarization or Glomar denial, refers to a response to a request for information that will “neither confirm nor deny” (NCND) the existence of the information sought.

What did the Glomar Explorer recover?

The recovery operation in international waters about six years later used as its cover mining the sea floor for manganese nodules….Project Azorian.

Did the US sink K-129?

The K-129 was a Golf-II diesel-electric submarine carrying nuclear missiles. The US Navy says the K-129 sank after it suffered a catastrophic internal explosion. US underwater photographs of the sunken sub have not been given to the Russians, despite repeated requests, NTV reported.

Who built Glomar Explorer?

Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Glomar Explorer/Builders

What does it mean to confirm or deny?

Answer: The CIA In United States law, the phrase “I can neither confirm nor deny” is called the Glomar response, or Glomar denial, which refers to a response to a request for information that will “neither confirm nor deny” (NCND) the existence of the information sought.

Who said I Cannot confirm or deny?

In 1916, Ford representatives said they would “neither confirm nor deny” that price cuts were in the offing for its popular Model-T automobile.

Is Red Star Rogue true?

And who in the USSR could have planned such a bold and potentially catastrophic operation? Red Star Rogue reads like something straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, but it is all true. Today our greatest fear is that terrorists may someday acquire a nuclear weapon and use it against us.

Who was the owner of the Glomar Explorer?

The $350-million drillship – an engineering marvel that was far ahead of its time – was built for Global Marine, a company owned by Howard Hughes, the eccentric American businessman.

When was the Hughes Glomar Explorer first built?

Hughes Glomar Explorer, as the ship was named at the time, was built between 1971 and 1972, by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. for more than US$350 million ($1.36 billion in 2016 dollars.) at the direction of Howard Hughes for use by his company, Global Marine Development Inc. It first began operation on 20 June 1974.

How big was the Glomar Explorer before it sank?

Before Azorian, the deepest ocean salvage of a ship was from 245 feet, and the only object known to have been recovered from as far down as K-129 was, was a satellite “bucket” that weighed only several hundred pounds. K-129 lay 17,000 feet underwater, and she weighed 2,000 tons.

What kind of ships shadowed the Glomar Explorer?

Alerted by a possible spy, who has to this day never been identified, several Soviet ships shadowed the Glomar’s every move. The ships included the Chazhma, whose crew took photographs from on deck and from a helicopter circling above the Glomar, and the Soviet naval tug, the SB-10.