![]() ![]() The first attempt took place shortly after the battlewagon went aground. Last night’s unsuccessful effort to float the Missouri at high tide was the second in 12 hours. The dredge’s assignment, according to predictions, would be the removal of mud around the Missouri, and possibly the carving of a channel back to deep water. That salvage efforts might proceed even further than mere unloading operations was indicated by the scheduled arrival this morning of an Army suction dredge from Baltimore. These observers based the statement on the fact that they saw the ship’s 31-foot mark above water at the stern, while the Missouri’s draft is listed at 37 feet, seven inches.Ī Navy source speculated last night that ammunition as well as oil might have to be unloaded before the ponderous battlewagon would float again. Navy men who saw the Missouri immediately after the accident said the 45,000-ton vessel must have lifted itself at least six feet out of the water in pushing onto the mud shoal. The mishap occurred at the start of a routine training cruise from Norfolk to Guantanamo, Cuba - a voyage that would have been battleship’s first sea trip under its new skipper, Capt. When the only active battleship in the United States fleet mired to a stop yesterday, its position was more than a half mile north of the usual shipping route leading seaward from Hampton Roads. yesterday, stood motionless high on the mud shoal this morning after the failure last night of an hour-long high tide pull by 16 powerful Navy and Coast Guard tugs. The USS Missouri, aground, west of Thimble Shoals Light in Chesapeake Bay since 8 a.m. ![]() Held Near Thimble Shoal, Warship Half Mile North of ChannelĬuba-Bound Sea Giant Possibly Was Trying ‘Acoustic Range’ ![]() E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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