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Today's New York Times (Tues., 2/7/95, in the Science section) has an
interesting article about how the US Navy's deep-diving sub NR-1 will 
be searching will be searching the bottom of the Mediterranian Sea
for ancient Roman shipwrecks.  The Navy is loaning it to Dr. Bob Ballard
for this purpose.

The NR-1 seems to be quite a sub.  It has wheels so it can roll across
the sea floor, sensors, cameras and manipulators for picking up artifacts.
Crew consists of 11, plus 2 scientists.

It is the deepest-diving nuclear-powered sub in the world, although the
max depth for the sub is not mentioned (and may be secret).  It does
say that the some of the Roman wrecks are 1/2 mile deep.  While the article
is non-technical, it is good reading nevertheless.

Just thought someone out there may be interested...

Christina

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