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| Keywords: 428-GX-USN 1145843: Divers position themselves to prepare a World War II U.S. Navy F6F “Hellcat” fighter aircraft for hoisting to the surface. The Undersea Research Vehicle Deep Quest discovered the fighter, lost in 1944 in 3,400 feet of water twelve miles off the coast of San Diego, California. Deep Quest attached a line to the aircraft to enable auxiliary repair dry dock USS White Sands (ARD-20) to winch the fighter to the surface. Photographed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, October 1970. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/10). 428-GX-USN 1145843: Divers position themselves to prepare a World War II U.S. Navy F6F “Hellcat” fighter aircraft for hoisting to the surface. The Undersea Research Vehicle Deep Quest discovered the fighter, lost in 1944 in 3,400 feet of water twelve miles off the coast of San Diego, California. Deep Quest attached a line to the aircraft to enable auxiliary repair dry dock USS White Sands (ARD-20) to winch the fighter to the surface. Photographed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, October 1970. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/10). | ||||
