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by Mister_X
1276 days ago
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My father was an ME and EE and was one of the principle engineers on that project (of Clementine, the BIG claw that picked up the Russian Golf Class sub). I used to drive him to and from the Redwood City shipyard as there wasn't a lot of parking there. He also gave me 9 or 10 manganese nodules from the "test" mining run, which was the CIA cover story. They look like fist sized black to gray cauliflower heads. After the project was declassified he got a Presidential Commendation, which he framed and hung over the kitchen table. |
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while this is partially true, you're leaving out the part where Clementine ultimately broke the sub, dropped the sub, leaving the US with no sub.
Not trying to cast aspersions on your dad or your memories, but the way you worded it makes it sound like it was successful if you didn't already know the full story. It's crazy to me how close to being successful this operation was, but the one aspect that people were suggesting was the biggest point of failure is exactly where it failed. of course, we have the luxury of hindsight.