Sinkex or Sink Exercise is a term used for deliberately sinking a ship.
Carried out by the navy, Sinkex (a portmanteau of Sink Exercise) refers to the process of submerging non-operational vessels.
This methodology of sinking ships is mainly prevalent in the United States where the Northern regions of Hawaii and the Pacific coastline near California are used as prominent Sinkex areas.
Purpose of SinkexThe main purposes of carrying out a sinking exercise are two-fold...
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In May of 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed America to landing an astronaut on the moon by 1970. Preparations to accomplish this amazing feat began soon thereafter. In addition to the actual rocket and space capsule, worldwide communication monitoring and tracking of the space shot were of major concern. This is where three laid-up World War II T-2 tankers supplied the solution.
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