CIA Mystery Ship Will Stay Afloat
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO —
The Glomar Explorer, the 618-foot CIA mystery ship that raised pieces of a sunken Soviet sub from the ocean depths in 1974, will not be scrapped or sold to private industry, a Navy spokesman said Monday.
The ship will stay at its berth with the reserve, or mothball, fleet in Suisun Bay, about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco, said Capt. Jeff Rennard. He had said earlier this year that the Navy considered turning the Glomar Explorer into scrap, selling it, or calling the vessel to active duty.
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