Crews race to remove overturned ship before hurricane season

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Navy Times by Russ Bynum 1/31/2020

 SAVANNAH, Ga. — The salvage team in charge of removing a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast nearly five months ago wants to surround it with a giant mesh screen to contain any loose debris as the vessel gets cut into pieces.

A document issued by the Army Corps of Engineers said the salvage team’s goal is to have “all large sections” of the South Korean ship Golden Ray removed before hurricane season starts June 1.

No timeline was given for complete removal of the hulking ship that measures 656 feet (200 meters) long.

The Golden Ray capsized Sept. 8 in the St. Simons Sound shortly after leaving the Port of Brunswick with 4,200 automobiles in its cargo decks. All crew members were successfully rescued and the port reopened a few days later.

Salvage experts concluded the ship couldn’t safely be returned upright and floated away intact, opting instead to take it out in pieces.

 The Army Corps, which has jurisdiction over U.S. waterways, published notice Tuesday that the salvage team is seeking a permit to fence in the overturned ship with a big barrier measuring more than a quarter of a mile (402 meters) on its longest side.

Mesh extending from the water's surface to the bottom would be anchored to dozens of steel pilings driven into the seabed. The barrier would keep debris from drifting from the wreck site, the document says, while absorbent boom mounted atop the barrier would soak up any oil or similar pollutants floating on the surface.

More: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/01/31/crews-race-to-remove-overturned-ship-before-hurricane-season/

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Judging from how clean the bottom is,that is either a pretty new ship,or it has just recently came out of a dry dock somewhere.

I have to admit I don't understand the bottom design. The very bottom is both VERY small and rounded,and the rest of the hull is also curved. Where is the stabilizer "flap" that runs along the bottom to keep the boat from doing this? I understand modern ships use water tanks to shift weight to control roll,but I don't see how that would work with THAT hull design.