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536:. Stormy weather had made the bar impassable. She quickly became an environmental threat as fuel tanks ruptured. The ship was set alight to burn off as much oil as possible before it spilled onto the beach, and in the aftermath of the fire she broke in two. While the stern looked hopelessly beached, and indeed took several years to remove, plans were made to tow the bow section out to sea and sink it in deep, cold water that would solidify the thick
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on July 23, 2006 when, pursuant to the
Canadian Shipping Act, she began to pump out the ballast water taken on in Japan to prevent the importation of invasive species to North American waters. Had this routine matter been handled correctly, new ballast water would have been pumped in as the old was
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was decommissioned on
September 30, 1976. In the early 1980's, consideration was given to reactivating her but was rejected by Congress due to cost and the obsolescene of the ship. With no prospect for reactivation, the ship was struck from the Navy List in 1989. Various efforts to sell her, or
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Crowley engineers and The
Salvage Association, acting on behalf of the insurance underwriters, made a number technical decisions to effect the tow. First, Sea Victory's 2 1/2-inch tow wire was replaced by 2 3/4-inch wire. A new winch was added to manage a new 400 feet (120 m) tow pennant.
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She was launched in
October 1974. While still moored at the shipyard, undergoing the final stages of construction, there were two fatal incidents aboard. In the first, a shipyard worker climbed her mast nude, and leapt to his death while co-workers attempted to talk him down. Then, in November
370:. International Offshore Services, Inc., along with several other WFI Industries-affiliated companies, filed for reorganization in bankruptcy in 1986. The court approved the plan of reorganization in August 1988. This plan combined all the affiliates' tug and barge operations, including
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The Glomar
Beaufort Sea I Concrete Island Drilling System, usually referred to simply as "CIDS", was one of the largest structures of its kind when it was built in 1984. Its main platform was 312 feet (95 m) on a side. In 2001 it was sold to Exxon Neftegas Ltd., a subsidiary of
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hull to avoid importing any invasive species to
Hawaiian waters. She arrived at Astoria on May 26. On June 3, 1998 the ships left Astoria on the final leg to Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 22, 1998 and was met by a crowd estimated at 20,000 people.
874:, the largest battleships ever launched by the United States. She was decommissioned for the last time on October 26, 1990 and stored at the Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia. When the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was closed in 1995, ex-
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to a non-profit, but only to an organization in the state. Two New Jersey-based organizations competed for the donation. The State of New Jersey agreed to back whichever could win Navy approval and contracted with
Crowley to tow the ship from the west coast.
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had moved the wreck 50 miles offshore. Another winter storm had reached the tug and tow, however, lashing them with 60 mph sustained winds and heavy seas. The tow line broke, and the derelict bow section drifted back to shore. It went aground again at
629:. The 195-foot (59m) extreme width of her flight deck made her too broad for the 110-foot (34m) wide locks, so the cost and feasibility of cutting off the over-width portions of the ship was explored. This option was rejected by both the Navy and the
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which she reached on August 8, 2006. Crowley engineers executed a pumping plan which righted the ship, but Mazda decided to crush her cargo of cars rather than sell them in case their weeks of hanging from extreme angles had damaged them.
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pumped out and the ship would have remained on an even keel. It was not. As the starboard ballast water was pumped out and not replaced, the ship became unbalanced and assumed a large port list that completely disabled her.
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Her tanks held 190,000 gallons of diesel fuel. With a full load, her engines would consume this fuel at a rate of 7,200 gallons per day. She also carried 3,350 gallons of lube oil, and 7,950 gallons of potable water.
1179:. According to US Coast Guard records, she was first inspected under her new name in August 2021. She was inspected again in November 2022. These same Coast Guard record shows her current status as "scrapped".
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Concern for drag from the four 15 feet (4.6 m)-diameter propellers, caused the removal of the two inboard propellers by cutting through the propeller shafts. A temporary anchoring system was installed on ex-
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Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First-[second] Session
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battleship. She was decommissioned
February 8, 1991 and placed in reserve. She was struck from the Navy List on January 4, 1999. There was great interest in securing the ship as a floating museum, and
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was the tug's 3,600-foot long, 2 1/2-inch diameter tow wire, 180 feet of 3 3/8-inch chain, and a 400-foot tow pennant. The weight of the link between tug and tow was estimated at 81,258 pounds.
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on
November 11, 1999. The ship remained off-limits to visitors while the Navy decided between the two competing proposals to display her. On January 20, 2000, Secretary of the Navy
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was able to pull to bow off the beach on March 8. The tug brought the wreckage 280 miles (450 km) offshore where it was sunk by naval gunfire and a torpedo on March 11, 1999.
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prior to scrapping the ship. In late 1998, bids were solicited to tow the ship to Texas. In mid-January 1999 the Navy issued a contract to Crowley Marine Services for the job.
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was dispatched to the scene in January. She and six other tugs, a hopper dredge, and other equipment finally floated her free on March 10, 2006. As she came off the beach,
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inserted $ 3 million into the 2000 defense appropriation bill to pay for the tow, and as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee she was in a position to do so.
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port engine failed, and the engine had to be shut down. This decreased the speed of the ships to between 2 and 3 knots. They were slowed further by detouring closer
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Exxon renamed CIDS "Orlan" (Орлан), Russian for sea eagle. Modifications to the Orlan platform were made at Sovietskaya Gavan, and in 2004 she was towed to the
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from Bremerton to Philadelphia, including transit fees for use of the Panama Canal, was reported to have cost $ 2 million, paid for by the State of New Jersey.
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about 150 miles (240 km) southeast of New Orleans. The tanker bust into flames and 12,000 gallons of gasoline burned off. Two days after the accident,
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until it jammed under a bridge. Damage to the drilling rig's superstructure was significant. The platform's owner, the Mexican national oil company
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1417:"MARINE ACCIDENT REPORT: U.S. TANKSHIP S/S TEXACO NORTH DAKOTA AND ARTIFICIAL ISLAND EI-361-A, COLLISION AND FIRE, GULF OF MEXICO, AUGUST 21, 1980"
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took over the tow to finish the job. The engine troubles and bad weather delayed her arrival by four days, which by happenstance placed it on
316:. She was the second ship of this name owned by Nolty J. Theriot, Inc. Her first job was to tow a jet barge, 250 feet (76 m) long, from
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was struck from the Navy List on January 12, 1995. After a lengthy and contentious selection process, on March 4, 1998 Secretary of the Navy
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arrived in Beaumont on August 10, 1999. The trip took 112 days at an average speed of 6.67 knots. The day after her arrival, she sailed to
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tugs, which earned her major jobs that could not be completed by smaller vessels. She was launched in 1974 and scrapped, likely in 2023.
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and ocean towing. She was built by the Equitable Equipment Company, Inc. for Nolty J. Theriot, Inc. She was built in Equitable's
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began to tow it back into the water aided by high tides and efforts to dewater the hulk. Progress was slow, but on March 1, 1999
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Congressional delegation inserted a provision into the 1999 Department of Defense budget that required the Navy to sell ex-
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where she fueled again. On October 18, 1999, the ships began their voyage through the Panama Canal. New Jersey Governor
2228:"Crowley Completes Tow of the Ex-USS Iowa More than 6,500 Miles from Rhode Island through the Panama Canal to California"
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Update of the Issues Concerning the Proposed Reactivation of the Iowa Class Battleships and the Aircraft Carrier Oriskany
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Her tow winch was an Intercon DD-250. It had two drums which carried variously-sized cables over her years of service.
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out of Newport on March 8, 2001. The two ships took three days to transit the Panama Canal. They passed through the
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in mid-July 2006. She was headed to Vancouver, B.C. as her first stop on the voyage. She was sailing south of the
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to the tow. Readying the battleship for the trip, plus the towing contract, was reported to have cost $ 800,000.
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Her hull was built of welded steel plates. It was ice-strengthened for service in the offshore oil fields of the
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bow, but the effort was frustrated by high winds. On February 26 the line was finally attached to the wreck and
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Her original cost was $ 2,968,715. Of this amount, $ 2,605,000 was financed by a loan guaranteed by the
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in tow on August 2, 2006. She towed the ship north through Samalga Pass and brought her to Wide Bay on
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and would drive the ship at 11 knots. Towing ahead, her engines could produce 240,000 pounds of
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in 2005, the submersible drilling platform Chemul broke free of its moorings and floated up the
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in Bremerton, Washington on September 12, 1999, less than two weeks after returning from her ex-
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most celebrated and historic vessels. For much of her career she was one of the most powerful
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2430:"Cougar Ace is now only 30 miles from Herbert Island, Alaska | AlaskaReport.com"
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to her new home across the Pacific. Crowley was hired for the job and assigned
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The newly formed United Marine Tug and Barge, Inc. changed the ship's name to
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The tug was designed for multiple missions, particularly anchor handling for
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was hired for the tow by Smit Americas, Inc., the salvage company hired by
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555:. On February 23, 1999 a helicopter attempted to attach the tow line to
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2042:"Big turnout expected for arrival of USS Missouri in Philadelphia today"
1887:"Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999"
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while the containership's hull and propeller were inspected for damage.
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on May 23, 1998. Instead of heading directly to Hawaii, she sailed for
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was purchased by the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company, a subsidiary of
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She had two fixed-pitch, stainless steel, four-bladed propellers with
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could leave her long enough to refuel in five ports along the route.
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to take on approximately 80,000 gallons of fuel. Her next stop was
1844:"Crowley Marine Services Completes 15,000-Mile Tow of USS Oriskany"
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2405:"Cougar Ace: How improper ballast water exchange can prove costly"
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turn her into a museum failed. With the impending closure of the
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A special long, synthetic, floating tow line was flown in from
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The vessel was acquired by Offshore Towing Services, Inc. of
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633:. This necessitated a 15,000-mile (24,000 km) tow from
1700:"Crisis on the Coast: The Grounding of the M/V New Carissa"
1561:""Mighty Mo" will cross sea to Permanent Pearl Harbor port"
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Crowley gave consideration to towing the ship through the
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was moored, the Navy decided to move her to facilities at
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to bathe the battleship's hull in the fresh water of the
1826:"Yorktown's sister ship making long voyage to scrapyard"
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to the North Sea. She left on this trip in March 1974.
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On February 4, 1999 the 639-foot (195m) long freighter
1469:"In re United Marine Shipbuilding, Inc., 198 B.R. 970"
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to reach the locks on the Atlantic side of the canal.
2060:"SecNav Announces the Battleship New Jersey Donation"
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On December 25, 2005 the 874-foot long containership
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was finally able to tow the bow away from the beach.
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towed the drilling platform from Mobile to Halifax.
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tow. On September 21, 1999, she stopped briefly in
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on March 3. Using a U.S. Navy 2,400 foot tow line,
2359:"Tugboats Can't Pull Cargo Ship Stuck Off Ensenada"
2301:"Crowley Moves ExxonMobil Concrete Island Drilling"
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U.S. Government Printing Office. 1976. p. 275.
532:drifted ashore while waiting to cross the bar into
240:of 1936. The guarantee was dated August 21, 1974.
2377:"Cougar Ace: The Great $ 103 Million Snafu at Sea"
2184:"MINORITY PARTY APPOINTMENTS TO SENATE COMMITTEES"
2040:Comegno, Carol; Pilfer, Aron (November 11, 1999).
1050:went aground just south of the harbor entrance at
2474:"Tailoring tug technology to meet specific needs"
1621:"USS Missouri begins 20-day voyage to the isles"
1250:"Canal Worker Leaps from Boat Mast to His Death"
178:2 × General Motors EMD 20-645 E5 Diesel engines
2166:DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL, 2000
769:as she was lifted in the first lock chamber.
1945:Gambardello, Joseph A. (September 22, 1999).
792:to avoid bad weather and swells generated by
435:to her berth in Pearl Harbor on June 22, 1998
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1985:"Easing ship into berth a lesson in finesse"
1640:"Missouri sparks party in her new home port"
956:. Exxon intended to use the platform in its
290:Electrical power aboard was provided by two
1763:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1175:, likely in 2021. Her name was changed to
780:After passing into the Gulf of Mexico, the
2326:Orlan Platform, Voyage A, Arrival At Ulsan
1928:""Big J" on way to home with its namesake"
1288:Lewis, Captain Thomas L. (March 6, 1975).
2172:. United States Senate. 1999. p. 22.
2340:"Grounded ship may stay put for a while"
1704:Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council
1698:Hall, Captain Michael (September 1999).
1580:"Towing company to deliver USS Missouri"
1384:Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council
747:Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
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990:, a previously closed port used by the
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947:preparing to tow Orlan to Korea in 2004
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312:Her first name out of the shipyard was
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1947:"Battleship pays a visit to old haunt"
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2495:"Results for Vessel: JONAH FALGOUT"
1983:Pilhofer, Aron (October 31, 1999).
279:. These produced 7,200 continuous
2499:USCG Maritime Information Exchange
2145:Skoloff, Brian (August 21, 2005).
1966:"Battleship halfway through Canal"
1619:Kakesako, Greg K. (June 4, 1998).
1013:towed along with the Smitwijs tug
158:20 ft 3 in (6.17 m)
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1926:Ingle, Bob (September 13, 1999).
1907:Schurr, Brendan (July 28, 2000).
972:along with an ice management tug
765:and a large party were aboard ex-
347:off the oil rig and towed her to
1790:Anderson, Al (August 15, 1999).
1638:Konninger, Tom (June 23, 1998).
217:Construction and characteristics
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2357:Dibble, Sandra (January 2006).
2346:. December 30, 2005. p. 8.
2021:Ingle, Bob (October 29, 1999).
2002:Ingle, Bob (October 31, 1993).
1964:Ingle, Bob (October 19, 1999).
1794:. Crowley Marine Services, Inc.
1578:Gordon, Mike (April 22, 1998).
1435:"Damaged Tanker Is Yanked Free"
1274:. November 6, 1974. p. 13.
1238:. October 17, 1974. p. 89.
1203:. November 7, 1974. p. 11.
335:oil production platform in the
142:150 ft (46 m) overall
2004:"Engine woes delay battleship"
1600:Higa, Carrie (June 19, 1998).
1454:Register of Shipping 1985-1986
1256:. October 16, 1974. p. 8.
1088:The 654-foot long car carrier
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2481:Port Technology International
2453:Peters, Tom (April 5, 2008).
2104:Bonner, Kit Bonner, Carolyn.
1441:. August 31, 1980. p. 2.
1421:Transportation Research Board
1268:"Worker On Tug Dies Of Fumes"
1197:"Equitable Equipment Company"
668:. She made fueling stops in
406:Crowley Marine Services, Inc.
261:aft deck showing towing winch
2008:Central New Jersey Home News
1932:Central New Jersey Home News
1559:Broom, Jack (May 25, 1998).
932:Orlan tow (2001, 2004, 2005)
457:transferred the ship to USS
408:Crowley changed her name to
269:. These were driven by two
234:U.S. Maritime Administration
2205:White, Steve (2001-03-28),
1682:. March 4, 1999. p. 2.
1314:Register of Ships 1991-1992
1146:. In March and April 2008,
1021:, east of Sakhalin Island.
825:Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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2455:"Big rig to be fixed here"
1832:. May 2, 1999. p. 23.
1664:. May 19, 1998. p. 1.
1098:cars aboard when she left
612:Mare Island Naval Shipyard
471:Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
1792:Oriskany Tow; The Summary
867:was the lead ship of the
823:The ships arrived at the
745:from her moorings at the
664:towed the carrier out of
170:(7,200 hp) sustained
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2535:Ships built in Louisiana
1909:"Back where she belongs"
1658:""Towing the Mighty Mo""
999:Hyundai Heavy Industries
926:Suisan Bay reserve fleet
796:. Crowley sent the tug
645:was chosen for the tow.
637:to Beaumont through the
323:On August 21, 1980, the
1565:St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1337:Offshore Towing Vessels
1119:Unalaska Island, Alaska
1005:to complete the work.
808:, so she could sail to
802:Lake Charles, Louisiana
227:Madisonville, Louisiana
134:General characteristics
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773:towed the ship across
763:Christine Todd Whitman
686:Port of Spain Trinidad
631:Panama Canal Authority
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223:offshore oil platforms
150:40 ft (12 m)
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1951:Philadelphia Inquirer
1873:Naval Vessel Register
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1519:Naval Vessel Register
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2188:Congressional Record
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1869:"New Jersey (BB 62)"
1232:"The Martha Theriot"
1144:Halifax, Nova Scotia
1094:had 4,703 brand-new
1062:was taken in tow by
992:Soviet Pacific Fleet
916:on March 28, 2001.
570:After a 19-hour tow
487:in tow, sailed from
463:Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1662:Honolulu Advertiser
1606:Honolulu Advertiser
1584:Honolulu Advertiser
1540:www.historylink.org
1439:Crowley Post-Signal
1366:Tugboat Information
1039:aground at Ensenada
984:Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
928:on April 21, 2001.
678:Punta Arenas, Chile
402:Independent Victory
387:Independent Victory
379:Independent Victory
331:struck an unmanned
238:Merchant Marine Act
201:was an ocean-going
73:Independent Victory
16:Ocean-going Tugboat
2110:. Zenith Imprint.
1759:"Oriskany (CV-34)"
1722:"ORISKANY (CV 34)"
1515:"Missouri (BB 63)"
1201:St. Tammany Farmer
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660:On April 30, 1999
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294:8v-71 generators.
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2344:Victoria Advocate
2151:Santa Maria Times
2117:978-1-61060-769-8
1680:Statesman Journal
1173:Larose, Louisiana
1132:Hurricane Katrina
1126:Chemul tow (2008)
1015:Wolraad Woltemade
988:Sovietskaya Gavan
674:Valparaiso, Chile
666:San Francisco Bay
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