Golden ray section on barge with VT 10000 in background

VIDEO: Final Golden Ray section leaves St. Simons Sound

More than two years after the capsize of the car carrier Golden Ray on September 8, 2019, the final section of its dismantled wreck has now been removed from St. Simons Sound,

Bonhomme Richard ship fire

Navy: Loss of Bonhomme Richard “completely preventable”

The U.S. Navy yesterday released two reports into the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on July 12, 2020, that caused such extensive damage that it was subsequently decided to decommission

Golden Ray salvage operations

VIDEO: Golden Ray salvage enters final stages

It ain’t over until it’s over—and the salvage of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray continues, though the end now seems in sight. Although the giant heavy lift catamaran VB-10000 has completed

tugs remove section of wreck

VIDEO: Seventh section of Golden Ray wreck removed

And then there was one. The St. Simons Sound Incident Response reports that responders removed Section Five of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray on Sunday. Now, after a

Heavy lift vessel holds section of Golden Ray wreck

Golden Ray: Barge preparations continue

Though the giant heavy lift ship VB 10000 has made its final cut through the hull of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray, the last two of the wreck’s original eight sections

Goldem Ray following capsize

Why the Golden Ray capsized

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that an error in entering ballast water quantities into a stability program is the probable cause of the September 8, 2019 capsizing of the car

Deformed section of Golden Ray wrecj

Golden Ray: Disposal of final sections poses its own problems

It is now more than two years since the September 8, 2019 capsize of the car carrier Golden Ray and, at this stage, disassembling and disposing of its wreck has taken significantly

Golden Ray wreck sections are separated

VIDEO: Golden Ray responders complete final cut

Responders completed cutting operations on the remainder of the Golden Ray wreck on Saturday. The final cut came just a few days short of the two year anniversary of the September 8,

Golden Ray wreck with VB-10000

Golden Ray: The final cut begins

Almost two years after the capsize of the then 660 foot long car carrier Golden Ray on September 8, 2020, efforts to dismantle the wreck of the vessel and remove it from

Sextion six of capsized car carrier Golden Ray is towed away

Golden Ray: Responders get ready for final cut

Responders removed Section Six of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from the wreck site in St. Simon’s Sound, Ga., on Saturday. That leaves two of the eight sections of the wreck

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