Aw, we still beat the Ruskies: anyone else remember the Glomar Explorer, a purpose-built ship created by Howard Hughes to secretly lift a sunken USSR sub during the Cold War?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ha_R9TDSQJbGEN
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...gD8nz6TWmPWAwj
At least we sprung for more paint than just black...
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