Sinking
On 21 July 1998, two B-52s from the 20th Bomb Squadron fired missiles at Somers as part of the Rim of the Pacific 1998 exercise. Each B-52 crew launched one AGM-142 Have Nap missile that struck its target set adrift about 30 miles northwest of Kauai. On 22 July 1998, she sunk in 2800 fathoms (5100 m).
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Famous quotes containing the word sinking:
“And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
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—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“Eternal Venice sinking by degrees
Into the very water that she lights;”
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