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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Robert Ballard. Timecode In: 00:01:16. Timecode out: 00:10:21. Notes: Deep Sea Archaeology. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Bruce Applegate. Timecode In: 00:10:59. Timecode out: 00:23:56. Notes: Deep Sea Archaeology. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Harry Ferrier. Timecode In: 00:45:15. Timecode out: 01:11:00. Notes: WWII Pacific Theater. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: William F. Surgi, Jr. Timecode In: 01:15:09. Timecode out: 02:05:59. Notes: WWII Pacific Theater. Habitat: Island. Equipment Notes: Mono=2: 1=L, 2=R; Mono. Yorktown Log DAT # 1 Bob Ballard interview at 120 Q-piece of cake, right? You'd think so, but look at the discrepancy between the pieces -the official sinking position is out of sorts with the reported posiotions of other ships -by how much? 10 miles? so that makes it 200 sq mile, bigger area to search than the titanic. 200 q depth a challenge? 17000 is the deepest we've ever worked and we're going to use a sonar I've never used before. Q so what do you expect? either easy or next to impossible -we'll know in 24 hours -easy would mean? in a day next to impossible? we don't find it 235 Q most interesting aspect? This is an incredible opportunity to tell a great story, people know the story but going out and adding a new chapter by finding the ships and filming the ships, it allows us to re-open the story. I want people to hear the story because it was a great turning point in history 308 if you don't study history you're doomed to repeat it., so opportunity to tell a great story in American history. q science, technical developments? 325 we're pioneering the exploration of the deep sea for human history -we don't know much about the deep sea, and does it preserve history, we're going to learn alot, how it looks after more than 1/2 a century. we'll help create underwater battlefield memorials for the future, you're going to see more areas set aside on the ocean, just as they are on land, for parks and battlefields, so we're mapping an underwater battlefield. vets -emotional. partnership. 530 q your place in history secure, titantic, bismarck, guadalcanal, why tackle the risk? 558-everyone expects me to succeed and there is certainly the possibility that I'll fail, but I'm not going to stop -If I was afraid of failure I never would have started any of these projects, so not afraid to fail. I think you have to go through failure to success, so I'm prepared for whatever dealt me. 625 look at chart-two diff environments. north and south. morrison po on volvano? good news and bad q Destroyer-hard to see japanese site? 200 miles west, much better position on Y, use that to calibrate sonars so as to help find J carriers. Q botton there? no idea, Dr. Bruce Applegate, Assistant researcher at the University of hawaii. MR1 is a regional reconnaissance survey, covers a lot of area pretty quickly, broad sweep segments, big picture. We usually do geophysical surveys, never used like this before -needle in a haystack. 1315 Usually we're looking for the haystack, in this case, we're looking for the needle. Q who's idea? ballard idea. Deep towed systems are slow at this depth, MR 1 a shallow low so we can go faster. 1415 I think we'll find it. We've done the math and looked at the resolution of our system, you can calibrate how many pixels -how many picture elements the Yorktown will occupy on the sea floor image, 4 or 5 to 35 or 40 or so -to get perspective, we produce hundreds of thousands of pixels each hour. Q buried? a problem, but don't think so. The big worry is if it's broken up if coherent and on the surface, it'll be a good target for our sonar. 1551 q approp use of tech? Sure it is, very approp. The trick is to get the right tool for the job. There is a reasonably good fix on the Yorktown,... (Notes truncated)
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