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Capsized Car Carrier MV Golden Ray<\/em><\/p>\n The MV Golden Ray<\/em> is a 200-meter-long car carrier that capsized on 8 September 2019 in St. Simons Sound near the Port of Brunswick in Georgia, United States. She was declared a total loss, and is being removed as scrap.<\/p>\n On Saturday, September 8, 2019, Golden Ray<\/em> capsized within Port of Brunswick harbor. The ship departed the dock shortly after midnight and had traveled only 23 minutes when it started to list. All 23 crewmen on board as well as an American maritime pilot survived.<\/p>\n Representatives of the US Coast Guard said the investigation is complex and may take many months to complete.<\/p>\n Gun Bunny sends.<\/p>\n By LARRY HOBBS<\/strong><\/p>\n The shipwrecked Golden Ray\u2019s presence on the St. Simons Sound shrunk by about 104 feet and 3,100 metric tons Saturday morning, its recently separated bow hoisted from the water by the towering VB 10,000 crane vessel at around dawn.<\/p>\n The gargantuan chunk of the previously 656-foot-long shipwreck hung suspended in the arch of the crane vessel for several hours Saturday, prompting a steady stream of curious onlookers who braved constant rains from gray skies just to get a look at the three-ring spectacle from the St. Simons Island Pier. As the barge Julie B began patiently sliding between the VB 10,000\u2019s twin hulls, a huge splash burst out of the water around 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n It was only an SUV plunging from the exposed crosscut of the ship\u2019s decks, just one of some 4,200 vehicles that were on board the Golden Ray when it capsized on its port side while heading out to sea on Sept 8, 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cI can tell you, it was probably a car,\u201d Chris Graff, of Unified Command\u2019s Gallagher Marine Systems, shared with spectators on the pier.<\/p>\n But that is why the 1-mile perimeter mesh-net barrier was constructed around the shipwreck months in advance of this nuts-and-bolts phase of the salvage operation.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what the EPB is for,\u201d said Coast Guard Lt. Command Dan Donovan, another Unified Command member who provided knowledgeable commentary on the pier. \u201cThe EPB\u2019s doing its job.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Salvors awaited early afternoon\u2019s slack low tide, the optimum time for dropping the gargantuan chunk of steel from the nation\u2019s largest crane vessel onto the largest barge in the United States. The barge Julie B will eventually back out of the east gate of the environmental protection barrier and haul the bow section away to its specially designed mooring on the Turtle River, above Colonel\u2019s Island at the Port of Brunswick, said Graff, director of response services for Gallagher Marine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n No, that won’t buff right out. Read the entire article here: The Brunswick News<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/golden-ray.jpg\")
<\/p>\nUpdate: First cut on the shipwrecked Golden Ray complete<\/h3>\n
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\nReminds me of the Dutch salvage company Mammoet (Mammoth) and the raising of the Russian OSCAR class submarine Kursk, but without the excitement of torpedoes and nuclear reactors. Considering the wreck’s location that’s fine with me. Thanks, Gun Bunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"