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U.S. Navy Seaman Cory Thomas emerges from an emergency escape scuttle after setting smoke boundaries during a fire drill aboard the USS Wasp in the Atlantic Ocean, July 13, 2010.

ESCAPE SCUTTLE

U.S. Navy Seaman Cory Thomas emerges from an emergency escape scuttle after setting smoke boundaries during a fire drill aboard the USS Wasp in the Atlantic Ocean, July 13, 2010.

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