Word: artiglio
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Rolling at anchor in a pea-soup fog, the Italian salvage ship Artiglio lay off Cape Finistere last week and plumbed the depths. Steamers passing in the nearby trade lanes hooted mournfully but the Artiglio paid little attention. She was hunting one of the richest prizes of the ocean bottom...
Last week the Italian salvage ship Artiglio, fitted with all the latest scientific inventions for deep-sea diving, began cruising about the spot fixed by Captain Hedbach, sounding the bottom methodically, inch by inch. They struck a ship, 400 ft. down. Rough sea held up operations for several days, then a steel diving shell was slung over the side, equipped with oxygen tanks, a telephone, inch-thick glass observation windows. Youngest of the Artiglio's divers, Alberto Bargellini, went down. Director of Operations Alberto Gianni hung breathlessly on the other end of the telephone. Tense minutes of waiting. Director...