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Science Gone WrongMay 13, 2026

The Lost Scorpion

The Lost Scorpion May 22, 1968. The USS Scorpion vanished in the Atlantic. Ninety-nine crewmen were aboard. The Navy searched for five months. They found the wreck near the Azores. It rested more than 10,000 feet deep. Two nuclear torpedoes are still down there with it.

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