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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Sawyer places a ratchet strap across a large patch that will be used to seal one of the escape hatches of the sunken former Soviet submarine Juliett 484 at the bottom of the Providence River, Providence, R.I., June 13, 2008. U.S. Navy and Army divers with federal, state, and local authorities are in a joint operation to raise the submarine.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Sawyer places a ratchet strap across a large patch that will be used to seal one of the escape hatches of the sunken former Soviet submarine Juliett 484 at the bottom of the Providence River, Providence, R.I., June 13, 2008. U.S. Navy and Army divers with federal, state, and local authorities are in a joint operation to raise the submarine.

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