Crews Remove 3rd Giant Chunk Of Shipwreck Off Georgia Coast

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March 16th, 2021

In this Feb. 25 photo, a towering crane straddles the capsized cargo ship Golden Ray, its interior decks exposed after the ship’s bow was cut off and hauled away, off the coast of St. Simons Island. Salvage crews began Nov. 6 cutting the ship into giant chunks for removal. The vessel has been beached on its side since it overturned Sept. 8, 2019, soon after leaving port.

St. Simons Sound Incident response photo by Farrell Lafont of Gallagher Marine Systems via AP

Salvage crews cutting a wrecked cargo ship into giant chunks along the Georgia coast Tuesday lifted away the third big section to be severed from the vessel since demolition began four months ago.

The South Korean freighter Golden Ray has remained partially submerged off St. Simons Island since the ship capsized Sept. 8, 2019, after leaving the Port of Brunswick with 4,200 cars in its cargo decks. The crew was rescued safely.

The multiagency command in charge of removing the ship opted to cut it into eight huge pieces, each weighing up to 4,100 tons, and load them into barges. Cuts are made using a towering crane with winches and pulleys attached to a length of anchor chain that rips through the hull like a dull sawblade.

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