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lead battleship Yamato today,” Cox said in a state- Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
and sank. Of a 224-man ment. Tel. 527 4000
crew, 89 died and 120 were The explorers said that up San Nicolas
saved, including the cap- until the discovery, the his-
tain, Lt. Cmdr. Robert W. torical records of where the Imsan 24 hours
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naval historian, Copeland est side-scan sonar ever in- Oranjestad:
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San Nicolas:
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