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Word: tringa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first effort to reach Sea-Link was made by Navy "hard hat" divers lowered on a platform from the submarine rescue vessel Tringa. The divers got close enough to see that the sub was entangled in "one big junkyard down there." In a second try, encouraged by radioed shouts from Sea-Link ("Move south, move south!"), one got within ten feet of the sub. "Keep coming, keep coming!" Sea-Link implored, but he could not penetrate the debris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tragedy Under the Sea | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

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