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Adrift

Deep-sea research submarines are unmoored by lack of funding

By William Cole

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 11, 2012

~~<p>The University of Hawaii submersible program, already hit by federal budget cuts, is trying to line up research and commercial dives next year to keep the 32-year-old program afloat but has no contracts yet, officials said.</p>
<p>The Pisces IV and V are the only U.S. deep-diving science submersibles in the Pacific.</p>
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The University of Hawaii submersible program, already hit by federal budget cuts, is trying to line up research and commercial dives next year to keep the 32-year-old program afloat but has no contracts yet, officials said.

The Pisces IV and V are the only U.S. deep-diving science submersibles in the Pacific. Login for more...



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