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Green Marine

August 12, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Navy halts sunken war ship’s photography

St. Louis County Undersheriff Dave Phillips’ efforts to photograph the inside of the sunken cruiser USS Houston have been halted by the Navy before he could get his remotely controlled underwater camera into the ship. The photos of the ship, sunk by the Japanese during World War II, were for the USS

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St. Louis County Undersheriff Dave Phillips’ efforts to photograph the inside of the sunken cruiser USS Houston have been halted by the Navy before he could get his remotely controlled underwater camera into the ship.

The photos of the ship, sunk by the Japanese during World War II, were for the USS Houston Survivors Association, which contacted him because of his experience using a remotely operated vehicle camera.

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