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Soviet Cruiser Wreck

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Brits lost a well-known frogman (Lionel "Buster" Crabb) doing a recon of a Soviet cruiser (a Sverdlovsk-class Ordzhonikidze) in Portsmouth Harbor in 1956. Much confusion/discussion about exactly how he died. He is supposed to have, along with another British underwater swimmer, have done an underwater recon of Sverdlovsk in 1955, when they discovered that ship was fitted with a bow thruster to enhance maneuverability.
 
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