(Untitled)- October 20, 2007 USS Scorpion (SSN 589) Search Operations - Phase II The video below is a collection of pictures I took during June and July, 1969. They were taken at the location, in the mid-Atlantic, of the tragic Scorpion loss. I was the executive officer and navigator for the USS Apache (ATF-67), which is the ocean-going tug boat that towed the bathyscaphe USS Trieste (DSV-1), and her mother ship the USShttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2007_10_01_archivehagerty01.html#6799494361421565664 (Untitled)- October 4, 2007 The US Navy's Longest Ocean Tow One of my assignments in the Navy included a little 10 month cruise from San Diego to the site of the USS Scorpion's sinking in the mid-Atlantic. I was the executive officer and navigator for the USS Apache, which is the ship that completed this 14,100 nautical mile tow. Here are a few pictures from our time at sea: Still photos at: apache67.blogspot.comhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2007_10_01_archivehagerty01.html#6070318867412024532 |