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What Was "Operation Sandblast," the First Time a Submarine Successfully Circumnavigated the Globe?

In 1960, the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Triton conducted "Operation Sandblast," the world's first complete underwater circumnavigation of the globe. The American science magazine "Popular Mechanics" has compiled details and significance of Operation Sandblast, a groundbreaking exercise in the history of submarine warfare. Read more...

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