Some pretty amazing work here in St.Simmons Sound.
It could have been a real environmental mess there was minimal fuel leakage.
I fish there twice a year and was there in the area in July and February.
Salvage report from G Captain
https://gcaptain.com/photos-section-one-of-golden-ray-wreck-cut-and-lifted-onto-barge/
And pre-salavage local news
This reminds me a little bit of the Costa Concordia.
Ya that was a huge project, I followed that.
Costa Concordia went in one piece and was perched on a ledge not to far from a big drop a amazing salvage process.
Brings to mind that lately our navy has a less than stellar track record on designing and building warships. It is comforting to see excellence remains in our salvage operations. Thanks for sharing.
It boggles my mind that 1. it’s been sitting there for that long in the sound 2. that the equipment to disassemble something like that in place exists.
Personally I wondered why they didn’t just take it out to sea and sink it. I’m sure there was a reason for not doing so.
How was that cut? I’m assuming it’s crews cutting every panel through the ship?
The other mind-blowing thing with the Costa, is the cost associated with having it in a port like genoa for 2 years for salvage.
The cost of dry docking somewhere like genoa is astonishing because its one of the few northern med ports taking large vessels. Access is very expensive
How was that cut? I’m assuming it’s crews cutting every panel through the ship?
The other mind-blowing thing with the Costa, is the cost associated with having it in a port like genoa for 2 years for salvage.
The cost of dry docking somewhere like genoa is astonishing because its one of the few northern med ports taking large vessels. Access is very expensive
They cut each section with a continuous piece of chain ( chainsaw method) it takes 24hrs per section.
It boggles my mind that 1. it’s been sitting there for that long in the sound 2. that the equipment to disassemble something like that in place exists.
Personally I wondered why they didn’t just take it out to sea and sink it. I’m sure there was a reason for not doing so.
Huge delicate job lots of planning and making some of the salvage equipment.
No way that would move and there is 4000 cars inside environmental time bomb if you could take it out to sink.
How’s that work. What’s it called. I need to see a video of that
How’s that work. What’s it called. I need to see a video of that
Here is a video from G Captain
https://gcaptain.com/...move-the-golden-ray/
About 25 seconds in shows the cutting process , damn cool.
It boggles my mind that 1. it’s been sitting there for that long in the sound 2. that the equipment to disassemble something like that in place exists.
Personally I wondered why they didn’t just take it out to sea and sink it. I’m sure there was a reason for not doing so.
Huge delicate job lots of planning and making some of the salvage equipment.
No way that would move and there is 4000 cars inside environmental time bomb if you could take it out to sink.
Look at all of the cars, what a deal, only slight water damage.
How was that cut? I’m assuming it’s crews cutting every panel through the ship?
The other mind-blowing thing with the Costa, is the cost associated with having it in a port like genoa for 2 years for salvage.
The cost of dry docking somewhere like genoa is astonishing because its one of the few northern med ports taking large vessels. Access is very expensive
They cut each section with a continuous piece of chain ( chainsaw method) it takes 24hrs per section.
