Skip to main content

GSF

Society: ASMEMain Category: MechanicalEra: 1970-1979DateCreated: 1974Vessel no longer exists in original form-Country: USAWebsite: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/239-hughes-glomar-explorer

 

A number of major engineering feats required to complete the tasks for the mission at hand, which were later used in further projects

The Hughes Glomar Explorer was designed to complete the mission of lifting a 2,000-ton Soviet submarine 17,000 feet from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

YearAdded:
2006
Image Credit: Public DomainImage Caption: Color photo of the Hughes Glomar Explorer
Subscribe to GSF

Innovations

 

A number of major engineering feats required to complete the tasks for the mission at hand, which were later used in further projects

Read More

We hope you enjoyed this essay.

Please support America's only magazine of the history of engineering and innovation, and the volunteers that sustain it with a donation to Invention & Technology.

Donate

Stay informed - subscribe to our newsletter.
The subscriber's email address.