R.
Curtis Crooke led the technical development of CUSS 1 the first floating
drilling rig with automated pipe handling, riser tensioners, and a
stabilized traveling block. It set records for coring off the Galapagos
Islands in the early 1960's. Crooke helped develop the DPDS Glomar
Challenger used for the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Cores recovered from
4,300 feet to 23,000 feet of water improved our understanding of plate
tectonics. He was also a key figure in the top secret Jennifer Project,
using the DPDS Glomar Explorer. Originally advertised as a venture to
recover manganese nodules from the ocean floor, it actually recovered a
Russian submarine from 16,000 feet of water off Hawaii.
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R.
Curtis Crooke led the technical development of CUSS 1 the first floating
drilling rig with automated pipe handling, riser tensioners, and a
stabilized traveling block. It set records for coring off the Galapagos
Islands in the early 1960's. Crooke helped develop the DPDS Glomar
Challenger used for the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Cores recovered from
4,300 feet to 23,000 feet of water improved our understanding of plate
tectonics. He was also a key figure in the top secret Jennifer Project,
using the DPDS Glomar Explorer. Originally advertised as a venture to
recover manganese nodules from the ocean floor, it actually recovered a
Russian submarine from 16,000 feet of water off Hawaii.