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Your comment about the telescoping cylindrical ship intrigued me. I think it might have been the Hughes Mining Barge: http://aviationintel.com/update-hughes-mining-barge-hmb-1-su...

The barge is now in Alameda: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bay+Ship+%26+Yacht+Co.,+29...




That's it!

We had been told it was used to nab the Soviet sub, but when I tried to verify that story when writing the above post I only saw pics of the Glomar Explorer, and figured we had been told a tall tale.

Glad to see some deeper research proved out the original story - thanks!




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