Submarine: *sink Cia : hipity hopity you are my property

“One of the most ambitious intelligence operations in history” Yes, among the ones we *KNOW* about

This wouldn't have been possible if the Russians used Dashlane.

Soviet spies: we don't have that info. American journalists: let me get that for you.

Iran: Write that down! Write that down!

This sounds like a GTA Online heist.

From the thumbnail I thought that they captured a live sub Imagine if that happened Soviet: what was that Other Soviet: we're caught in a tractor beam

So there's still some nukes down there huh? Asking for a friend.

Technically they didn’t steal it cause in Soviet Russia, that submarine belongs to everyone

Submarine: sinks Lester: we have another hiest!

Activision: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

Imagine just stealing an entire submarine that would be the best flex possible

"It's all bears in a Russian submarine, Russian submarine, Russian submarine" - The Blyatles

My dad was an engineer on this project. He worked on the claw apparatus (Clemintine). I didn't realize the significance of it until years after he passed. I remember visiting him at work in Redwood City as a kid one time and seeing the barge docked there. Since he wasn't able to tell us what he was actually working on, I just thought dad worked on a barge. He traveled a lot and most of the time we didn't know where he was going. Turns out many of the trips were to southern California. He did share some stories before he passed, but I know he took secrets to his grave, as I'm sure many of those that worked on the project probably did.

In soviet rusia one for everyone, one for US

It was most likely called “Project Azorian” because of the USS SCORPION, a U.S. Navy submarine that was lost near the Azore Islands while monitoring Soviet activity in the same area. Both K-129 and and the USS SCORPION sank in 1968, just two months apart. The SCORPION sank in March, while the K129 sank in May.

Soviet submarine: sinks Soviets: sad noises CIA: Oh boi

So basically they had the same budget as Avengers: Endgame

Hello friends, a fellow Russian passing by. Despite that we learn quite a lot about the history of Cold War in Russian schools I actually never knew about the story of K-129. I just watched the video published by the CIA about the burial at sea ceremony the US government held for those Soviet submariners recovered during the run of Project Azurian and it made me cry. I didn't know those brave men who gave their lives for the safety of the Motherland their serviced at the time and I'm definitely not the one to judge the actions both USA and USSR took during the Cold War, it's definitely for people who know history better. But even our nations unfortunately never been friendly to each other I want to express my gratitude for all the US government did to comemorate those people, it is absolutely touching and shows that even during the neverending tension between our nations people still stay people, no matter what language do they speak and political opinions they share. In the times of world pandemia we have at the moment it brings the feeling that hopefully one day there will be no misunderstanding between us and the world will be a better place. Спасибо Вам огромное.

"We only got a portion of the sub. Trust us it was only a portion." Exactly what they would want you to think. I bet they got the whole dang thing

So you telling me that there are free nukes waiting to be removed?

You can't steal from someone who doesn't believe in personal property

I worked on the Glomar Explorer when she was converted to a heavy drill ship in Mobile, AL. How something that big with such a large moon pool opening could float was fascinating.

In 1971 I needed a security clearance from the US Army to serve in a Pershing Missile unit. Much to the surprise of my AIT officers at Fort Sill my paperwork came back weeks before anyone else. They wanted to know why and I had no idea. Years later I learned my dad, who worked for Global Marine, was on the project and the CIA had already looked into the entire family. Would have been smart if they had held my paperwork for awhile but as it was no one took note.

The USS Pueblo, the North Koreans still have it in Pyongyang. It’s a tourist museum and they view the ship as a trophy

and i thought the claw machines at the arcade were hard

“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”

The recovery ship was stored near my hometown for years. Stuck in the mud in Suisun Bay, and my uncle was part of a maintenance crew that service it. By the looks of it you would think it was a oil rig.

How many videos do you want to make a day? The infographics Show: Yes!

Im Glad This Video Is Animated Cutely

Just found out my uncle worked on refitting it into a real actual drill ship, he said that the metal was a pain to work with because it was thicker and stronger, took multiple days to weld. He also said that even when the government stripped all the classified stuff out, there was still one room no one was allowed in.

Rockstar, in need of a new GTA Online heist: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!

Yay, I missed these types of videos! Thanks info graphics!

I was a kid when this occurred but I remember when it hit the news. I thought it was pretty neat they could pull something like this off. It's a pity they didn't get a second chance to try for the rest of the sub...

This was like described by Tom Clancy by his novel The Hunt for Red October in the 80s

Suddenly that old scene from a bond film where a ship swallows another ship doesn't seem so far-fetched

I remember reading about this in a book about submarine stories from the cold war. It was really quite interesting.

*In Russia you don’t steal submarines, submarines steal you*

The really interesting part about this is the recovery of the nuclear torpedos (and any missiles we weren't told about). It is possible to perform isotopic forensics in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion to determine where the plutonium was manufactured. That means we have Russian Plutonium, and could build a weapon out of it, use it somewhere, and blame the Russians.

Y’all seen the movie “Hunt for Red October”?

These stories can be quite bizarre and interesting at the same time.

Maybe they lifted the whole thing and ripped it apart inside the ship then said it broke while being lifted. It just seems like it they did all of this creative engineering then they would have lifted it at both ends at the same time.

3:27 Love to see Soviet troops with American sub machine guns from the late 30s to early 40s. Thanks infographic

An amazing story that I can't believe they never made into a movie yet. The interesting and disgusting part is that three newspapers found out about it possibly compromising the U.S. advantage during the cold war, however only the L.A. Times reported it. I guess they wanted to cover WW3.

*This video sounds like it could be a sequel to the submarine movie with Gerald Butler called Hunter Killer.*

we don't actually know how much or what was left of the sub that they were able to get at. We do know that they had a memorial service for the USSR sailors

The best intelligence subs got was the cable tapping missions

Oh yes. Howard Hughes and the Glomar Explorer. I remember that time.

4 words: Hunt for Red October

8:42 the Soviet sailors mooned.... 🤣

The most incredible thing about this video is the fact that at 1:29 theres an I-16 going out with Cold War era destroyers and subs.

BRILLIANT video thanks 🙏 ❤

They should have had James Bond rescue it.

this was actually, in real life, a very sad experience. kinda weird now to see someone tell it in a cartoon form. The "Claw" broke in a few places, lost a lot of the salvage half way up. In part of what was did recovered, some of the remains of the young mariners were still in their bunks and everything was irradiated.

Wow this story is like a movie but its really true!!!

I laughed hard at Yeltsin being so pink XD nice hint there.

Question: Are these ads working or is everyone just waiting for the “Skip Ads” button to appear?

The graphook missed. Game Over! 25$ to try again.

Honestly this gives me more information about history than my teacher and I can keep tract and pay attention due the relaxing visual and auditory aid

Howard Hughes involvement was logical and critical to the success of Project Azorian. Greatest intelligence coup in history. Still is.

What happened to the rest of the sub that fell back down? And where is the recovered part today?

They can definitely steal your girlfriend as well.

That burial was honestly super classy.

At least this video refers to the ship as the Explorer. Most documentaries call the ship the Glomar. In Global Marine, every vessel in the fleet had "Glomar" in the name. So Glomar Explorer was simply called the Explorer by crews and company employees.

“The ship would later serve a purpose much like its cover story” Not so sure about that buddy.

My phone's at 1% right now

I love it how the visualization military equipment often has nothing to do with the actual look of the model in question.

You truly choose great topics. The only other time I heard of this story was about 10 years ago on NPR’s RadioLab.

Hughes shaking with his left hand and Fat guy shaking with his right hand. How awkward.

Great content 👍

Stuck at the ocean floor, with no way of escape and no rescue coming in... not the most fun way to die. I hope we'll get the technology to save submarines and their crew in the future, because not many people deserve such a horrid fate...

Luv the animation very well done.

Nobody: CIA: Yoink!

*What a way to start a decade.*

This was the inspiration for the sub-swallowing supertanker in the Roger Moore Bond film, 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.

Imagine mooning some thieves.

The CIA: *"I'll steal it! No one will ever know!"*

Additionally, operation "music background" was considered a complete failure, which was confusing, considering the quality of the video.

Howard Hughes really said "if you wont do it i will" 🤣

my grandfather was on the glomar explorer, lots of cool stories. lots of cool stories that nobody else probably knows nor ever will know

I installed 4 precision DGPS units on the Glomar Explorer in the late 1990’s. The Russian sub recovery was well known at that time! It is a very impressive ship with a massive moon pool!

This needs to be made into movie. We need another Hunt.

We need to find Perseus now

The plot partially reminds me "Hunt for the red october" :x

My Grandpa was one of the captains of that ship the glomar explorer. He unfortunately passed away but he has told some crazy stories about the event. He was a C.I.A. agent for multiple years. It is very cool to see this video and know that he was part of something so big. Thank you

Honestly, the name "operation sand dollar" made the video for me.

I read an article about this operation on Safari Magazine many years ago, it was quite fascinating to learn about it.

I worked for Global Marine (long after this), and never knew about this.

It went from a foot long sub to a six inch sub

Will you make a video on the USS Scorpion?

You just realized “the hunt for red October”. Thankyou

Blind Man's bluff is a great documentary on this

So there’s still half a ship in the oceans

How do you upload that consistently?

Now this video is just cold

8:44 did you say they mooned each other? That’s hilarious

They left out a huge fact about what the sub was doing. It was a KGB, mission to to start a nuclear war against the U.S. and China. They switched the missile fuel to give the missile plume of the chemicals from a Chinese missile. U.S. satellites, detected the explosion. The KGB, took over the ship, and attempted to launch. But since they were not sailors they did not know that there were Saftey switched to prevent an unauthorized launch. So the sailors on board did not tell the KGB about it, and they gave their lives. Their target was Hawaii.

I saw this ship moored in Long Beach back in the early 70s when I was stationed at the Naval Yard there.

The guy who made they report about the CIA being up to something should be charged with treason.

My dad lived in dc for a couple years and he had a friend who he conversed with every Saturday night at this one bar. His friend told him that he worked on a mission to recover a soviet sub while in the cia, and it’s crazy to think that this story I have a personal connection to was made into a huge video like this