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35,000 cubic yards of mud
Posted by Raven on December 1st, 2006
They finally did it right.
NEW YORK (AP) – A Navy-backed dredging operation to clear bottom mud from around the USS Intrepid is complete, and high-powered tugboats are ready to drag the historic aircraft carrier from its Hudson River mooring, but there is no word when the ship will be moved to a New Jersey dry dock for a two-year overhaul.
A much-touted plan to move the 36,000-ton World War II relic on Nov. 6 was called off after the ship’s rudder and four 15-foot propellers dug into the mud, thwarting efforts by tugboats to dislodge it.
Officials have indicated they plan a second try before winter sets in, but Suzanne Halpin, a spokeswoman for the floating military museum, said Thursday she had “nothing to announce” concerning a timetable.
The Navy hired a private contractor to clear mud from the ship’s stern and starboard side, and the project was completed this week, said Pat Dolan, spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based Navy Sea Systems Command. She said the dredging had removed more than 35,000 cubic yards of mud.
Now the Intrepid can continue on it’s voyage to be re-fitted and refurbished.
December 3rd, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Sunday evening links
Hunted yesterday and this morning in northern New Hampshire, and now back to good old Pittsfield, MA, with a few grouse in the bag along with some dawdling woodcock who dawdled too long. And a very tired pup, with plenty of cuts from the brambles.Intrepi