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    A Sub Goes Missing

    When the Soviets declared the submarine K-129, with 83 men aboard, “missing,” the CIA's rigorous due diligence led them directly to GMI and their largest drilling ship. Most of those working on the ship’s design and construction were unaware, and would remain unaware, of its true purpose. This included as many as 11 U-M alumni – nine Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering graduates and two electrical engineers.

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