Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; view of the bow section of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SCORPION (SSN-589) where it rests on the ocean floor. Note the forward messenger buoy cavity and escape trunk access hatches. The SCORPION sank with the loss of its 99 man crew on 22 May 1968 by what is believed to have been the accidental explosion of one of its own torpedoes. The wreckage was located 31 October 1968 by a towed sled with magnetometers, sonar and still cameras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/1986
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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