Just over 66 years ago, one of the Navy’s most secretive communities began. Its members went by the code word SOSUS, which means “Sound Surveillance System.” A new front line in the Cold War, they had one mission: FIND SUBMARINES.
Lack of knowledge and information concerning oceanographic and acoustic conditions off the continental coasts hampered the U.S. Navy’s efforts against the submarine threat during World War II. It was apparent the German Navy had better information and a better understanding of how to use the Atlantic Ocean. Consequently, since the war, the U.S. Navy has maintained a continuous program of oceanographic surveys designed to provide more detailed information on currents, temperature, salinity, and other factors that comprise the oceanic environment and affect the transmission of sound in saltwater. The U.S. Navy was determined never to again lag behind others in its knowledge of this vital battlespace.
79 years on, St. Lawrence and Lawn remember the 204 lost from the wrecks of the Truxtun and Pollux
This week the residents of St. Lawrence and Lawn, like they have done for decades, will pause in their daily routine and pay their respects to the 204 United States Navy officers and men who lost their lives 79 years ago.
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Blinding snowstorm was at its height on the morning of Feb. 18, 1942, when the U.S. destroyers rammed a cliff
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$38M for Hibernia from oil recovery fund to restart work on platform
The Hibernia offshore platform will be getting $38 million from the oil and gas industry recovery fund in order to restart work, create more jobs after a year of layoffs and downturn, and extend the life of the project, it was announced Wednesday.
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The Hibernia oil platform has been drilling oil in Newfoundland and Labrador s offshore since 1997.(CBC)