Thursday, August 19, 2010

Giant Floating Crane Searching For Clues To Korean Maritime Disaster

Preparing To Lift: The massive crane prepares to haul up
a 1,322 ton South Korean warship. Getty Images


From Popular Science:

A floating crane prepares to raise from the depths a South Korean navy combat corvette that mysteriously split in two and sank on March 26. To allow military and civilian investigators from South Korea, the U.S., Australia, the U.K. and Sweden to examine the 1,322-ton ship, a tag team of cranes—one capable of lifting 2,200 tons, the other, 3,600—retrieved the two pieces from the ocean floor.

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My Comment: That is one big crane.

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