Ex-HUGHES GLOMAR EXPLORER (AG-193) class

Country of Origin: USA

ship list


 0 ex-HUGHES GLOMAR EXPLORER-class MISCELLANEOUS AUXILIARY (AG)
   (HEAVY LIFT SHIP)

 Name          Hull No.    Launched         Completed    Status
 ....          AG-193      Nov. 14, 1972    July 1973    Scrapped
   (ex-HUGHES GLOMAR EXPLORER)

description

The GLOMAR EXPLORER was built and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency specifically to lift the remains of a Soviet GOLF-class** ballistic missile submarine (SSB) that sank in the mid-Pacific in 1968. The ship lifted the...

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