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Glomar Explorer
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<p><i>GSF Explorer</i>, formerly USNS <i>Hughes Glomar Explorer</i> (T-AG-193), was a deep-sea <a href="/facts/Drillship/LVecjF3Q">drillship</a> platform built for <a href="/facts/Project_Azorian/zAyQ5BTy">Project Azorian</a>, the secret 1974 effort by the United States <a href="/facts/Central_Intelligence_Agency/U7urmQYL">Central Intelligence Agency</a>'s <a href="/facts/Special_Activities_Division/onhFD8PA">Special Activities Division</a> to recover the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet</a> <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">submarine</a> <a href="/facts/Soviet_submarine_K-129_(1960)/CbPlMNvl"><i>K-129</i></a>. </p>