Lost WWII Submarine Found And Experts Discover More Secrets

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Enjoying the Long Life

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The newly fixed sub enjoyed years of life after. At first, however, many assumed that she was glut to requirements. By 1964, new Polaris missiles and submarines had been made available in the market. So, she was decommissioned in May of that year. Then, she came back into once more service in August 1968. She had been deployed as an amphibious transport submarine. Her new title was the LPSS-574. She also had a brand new missile silos that had the ability to carry as many as 67 people. By June of 1972, the Grayback was set to transport the Navy SEALs unit to the coast of Vietnam. This had been part of Operation Thunderhead as an attempt to rescue and liberate two American airmen who escaped the Viet Cong prisoner-of-war camp. Unfortunately, the mission had been aborted and as a result, Lieutenant Melvin Spence Dry lost his life as he parachuted from a helicopter.