October 12, 2008
- Coos Bay / North Bend, Oregon
Carissa shipwreck moves out of sand
By Azenith Smith
COOS BAY, Ore. - The salvage company working on the removal of the New Carissa shipwreck reaches a significant milestone as they're able to move it from the sand and continue to take out large chunks of it.
An almost 15-ton piece is the first piece that Titan Maritime has pulled out from the stern of the shipwreck, after they were able to to move it out of the sand this week. Since Tuesday, Project Manager David Parrot says, they've moved it 14 feet out of the water from a 45 degree angle to about 70 degrees. They did it by applying almost 2,000 tons of lift from a large crane and six pullers on the barges. "To move it all was a fantastic feeling because I was beginning to think we were going to have to bring in extra pullers, which would have taken another week," says Project Manager David Parrot. Parrot adds, new parts of the wreck have now surfaced, parts that haven't been seen since it ran aground in 1999. "You see new marine growth," says Parrot. "All of a sudden you see where there is not much growth were it's been sitting in the sand all these years. Half of the propeller is out of water, which no one has seen. It's mangled, broken off blades." By the end of next week, they plan to have the shipwreck cut down to about 50 percent and then re-rig it to move it again. If all goes as planned, they still aim to be finished with the removal by September. On a related note, KCBY did speak Stephen Purchase from the Department of State Lands, who says they're very pleased with the progress Titan Maritime has made. The Department of State Lands awarded a $16 million contract to them to complete the job by October. |
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