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...What finally boated the bomb was CURV (for Cable-Controlled Underwater Research Vehicle), weirdest of all of Guest's gadgets. On a 15-ft. pipe base not unlike the landing gear of a small helicopter, CURV mounts four long red ballast tubes for depth control, three electric propulsion motors, lights, sonar, film and TV cameras. Controlled from the surface, it can clamp a detachable claw onto objects up to 3 ft. wide, then back away leaving the claw and a buoyed line attached. Though it is normally used to retrieve spent torpedoes, Guest acted on a hunch and ordered...
...Even CURV went round the bend. After attaching two claws to the bomb's parachute lines, it got hopelessly tangled trying to attach a third. Exasperated, Guest decided to try hauling up the whole conglomeration-bomb, parachute, CURV and all-while the weather still held fair. Luckily, CURV somehow disentangled itself on the way up, and the rest of the recovery went off without a hitch...
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