From: Larry Colen
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 01:31:53PM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
> They weren't all WWII era, the Glomar Explorer was parked there for
> many years.
> ==========
> Yeah, I figured a few were added later, but didn't know that much about it.
>
> Interesting, I didn't realize it was "Project Jennifer", that explains
> Charlie naming the book "The Jennifer Morgue"
> http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/jennifer.htm
>
> ==========
> Huh, except it's not Hunter's Point. Okay, let me look it up. I can't come
> up with the name, it MIGHT be the Port Chicago Shipyard. It's in the Carquinez
> Straight, near Martinez/Benicia. It's not, as far as I know, a working
> shipyard, just a storage place.
I'm not sure where Hunter's point came in. The Glomar was parked in
the Mothball fleet for many years, until it was scrapped. The Glomar,
in itself is an interesting story.
My friend, Charlie Stross, wrote a book called "The Jennifer Morgue"
that the Glomar plays a part in. I hadn't realized where the name came
from until I read that article about "Project Jennifer".
>
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Well, your sig got it right.
The Glomar Explorer hasn't been scrapped. Still active on the USN ship
list: USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193)
Currently on lease to GlobalSantaFe Corporation as a dynamically
positioned deep sea drilling platform operating as the GSF Explorer.
Originally leased in 1997 to Global Marine Drilling which merged with
Santa Fe International Corporation in 2001 to become GlobalSantaFe
Corporation, which then merged with Transocean in November 2007.
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