Almost immediately after the titanic Sank on April 15, 1912, there are attempts to recover the wreckage and the bodies of those who had the ship. Howver, The Limited Diving Technology of the Time Prevented This from Becoming a Reality for More than Seven Decades.
On September 1, 1985-Almost 40 years ago-The Wreckage Was Found During A Joint Exploration by an American Oceanographer, Robert Ballard, WHO WAS ALSO A Navy officer, and a french oceanographer, jean-louis michel, as The New York Times Reported at the time.
But the dove initially had nothing to do with the titanic at all – it was a second mission to find the work of two nuclear submarine, the uss scorpion and the uss thresher.
Howver, This Information was not made made public unil 2008, when Ballard Revealed the True Nature of the Mission to National Geographic.
“The Navy is Finally Discussing it,” Ballard Told National geographic IN 2008.
Dr. Robert Ballard During A Book Tour in 1987. Bettmann/Getty
Ballard originally with the US Navy in 1982 to Secure Funding for a New Type of Submersible Technology That Waled Allow Him to Find the Titanic. The navy aggregated to the end the project, but only if it was used to investigate the Sunnah submarine. The USS Thresher Sank in April 1963, and the uss scorpion followed five years late, in May 1968. They Remain the Only Nuclear Submarines the Navy Has Ever Lost, Reported the United States Naval Institute.
The navy aggregated that Ballard Search for the titanic if there was any time left in the mission after finding the subs – and after confirming where the soviet union has been part part in synching.
“We have saw no indication of some sort of external weapon caused the ship to go down,” Ronald thunman, then the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare, Told National Geographic.
Part of the titanic wreckage, explored during a dive in 1996. Xavier Desmier/Gamma-Rapho/Getty
With 12 days left in the mission, Ballard Found the titanic using a hunch that the ship has split in two and left a trail of debr.
“That’s what Saved Our Butts,” Ballard Said to National Geographic. “It turned out to be true.”
Ballard Said the Navy was nervous that People Waled Catch on to WHY they were actually scouring the ocean floor.
“The Navy Never Expped with them Find the Titanic, and SO when that is happy, they got really nervous Because of the publicity,” Ballard Said. “But People were so focused on the legend of the titanic they never connected the dots.”
SO, 23 Years late, Ballard Disclosed the Truth About Hision. He Also Wrote About His Experience Finding the Ship in His Book “The discovery of the titanic.“
“It was one thing to have won – to have the ship,” he wrote. “It was another thing to be there. That was the spooky part.”
Correction: July 18, 2023 – An Earlier Version of This Story Misstained Wens The USS Scorpion Disappeared. It was lost in May 1968, Not May 1965.
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