THE FIRE-RAVAGED FREIGHTER Oriental Warrior going to her final grave 600 fathoms deep in the Atlantic Ocean. The vessel, which burned off Daytona Beach last May and sank after being towed into the port of Jacksonville, Florida, was raised by United States Navy salvage experts and Army engineers at a cost of $1m, and then towed 125 miles out to sea for her final “burial.”
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33044, 11 October 1972, Page 17
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65THE FIRE-RAVAGED FREIGHTER Oriental Warrior going to her final grave 600 fathoms deep in the Atlantic Ocean. The vessel, which burned off Daytona Beach last May and sank after being towed into the port of Jacksonville, Florida, was raised by United States Navy salvage experts and Army engineers at a cost of $1m, and then towed 125 miles out to sea for her final “burial.” Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33044, 11 October 1972, Page 17
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