Finding the Titanic: How Images from the Ocean Depths Fueled Interest in the Doomed Ship

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The sinking of the Titanic was one of the world’s worst disasters at sea Ballard knew that time was running out to find the Titanic on this trip The U S Navy had paid for him to find and investigate two of its submarines that had sunk during the 1960s After Ballard finished that search he could use whatever time was left on his three-week assignment to hunt for the Titanic Now on the night of August 31 1985 Ballard had only a few days left to find the wreck And a storm was approaching Ballard had once said that with the proper equipment and crew finding the Titanic would be easy But now he began to wonder The equipment for his expedition included sophisticated sonar on board the French research ship Le Suroit Sonar uses sound waves to locate objects underwater A device called a transducer sends out the waves When a