[Rhodes22-list] Happens to Everyone

[Bill Effros]

John,

I'm not an expert on this, just read the news.  As I remember it, they 
removed a lot of ballast, dredged a channel, emptied water tanks, and 
tried the move on one of the highest tides of the year.  I think she has 
been there for 24 years.  I believe she moved 15 feet and a propeller 
got stuck in the muck.  They are now talking about repairing her where 
she sits.   Google for more info.

Bill Effros

john Belanger wrote:
> is she too heavy? may have to remove some weight. seems she would be light since shes a museum, not fighting weight and filled with fuel, planes, and ordinance. if they dredge next to her she should come loose. not much tide rise/fall where she is located. how long has she been in that berth?
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> Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:  Intrepid Stuck, Move Scrubbed for Now
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> Nov 6, 11:48 AM (ET)
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> By PAT MILTON
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> (AP) Tugboats work to free the USS (CV-11) from its muddy footing at 
> Pier 86 on the west side...
> Full Image 
> (http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061106/USS_INTREPID.sff_NYJD101_20061106105333.html?date=20061106&docid=D8L7MEO81)
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> NEW YORK (AP) - The legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid got stuck in 
> the deep Hudson River mud Monday as powerful tugboats fought to pull it 
> free to tow the floating museum downriver for a $60 million overhaul.
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> The mission was scrubbed for the day at around 10:30 a.m. as the tide 
> went down, said Dan Bender, a Coast Guard spokesman. There was no 
> immediate word when the effort would resume.
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> After 24 years at the same pier on West Side, the World War II warship 
> began inching backward out of its berth, but moved only about 15 feet 
> before its giant propellers jammed in the thick mud. The decommissioned 
> war ship no longer has engines of its own.
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> "We knew it was not going to come out like a cruise ship," said Matt 
> Woods, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's vice president for operations.
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> Six tugboats had strained to move the giant ship.
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> "We were able to move her 15 feet, and then she came to a halt. We tried 
> to add more power with another tugboat but we couldn't wiggle her free," 
> said Jeffrey McAllister, the chief pilot of the tugboat operation.
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> "We were missing our open window. We had to give up because the tides 
> were going down," he added. "She was moving, we were hopeful, she 
> started to creep along but then she stopped."
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> "It was very disappointing," said McAllister.
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> Monday's departure was timed to take advantage of the yearly high tide 
> so the tugs could pull the 27,000-ton ship out of the slip where it has 
> rested in up to 17 feet of mud. Removal of 600 tons of water from the 
> Intrepid's ballast tanks gave the ship added buoyancy, and dredges 
> removed 15,000 cubic yards of mud to create a channel from dockside to 
> deeper water.
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> The carrier's $60 million refurbishment, which is expected to take up to 
> 2 years, will include opening up more interior spaces to the public, 
> upgrading its exhibits and a bow-to-stern paint job in naval haze-gray. 
> The pier will also be completely rebuilt in the Intrepid's absence. The 
> city is contributing $17 million, the state $5 million, the $36 
> million, plus $2 million in private funds.
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> Just before the ceremony, officials expressed optimism about being able 
> to move the aircraft carrier.
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> "The people doing this have moved a thousand ships bigger than the 
> Intrepid," Intrepid president Bill White said earlier. "A ship that 
> survived five kamikaze attacks is going to make it five miles down river."
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> Elected officials, who served on the Intrepid and others had waited on 
> the flight deck for the beginning of the five miles down the river to a 
> dry dock in Bayonne, N.J. Helicopters flew overhead; New York Police 
> Department blue-and-white power boats, boats and a Coast Guard cutter 
> were on hand to accompany the aircraft carrier.
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> "The Intrepid stands for everything we believe in ... our freedom and 
> our values," Sen. said at the sendoff ceremony before the tugs began 
> their work.
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> Two former mayors, Edward Koch and David Dinkins, cast off the final 
> mooring lines at the order of 80-year-old retired Rear Adm. J. Lloyd 
> "Doc" Abbot Jr., who served two years as Intrepid's skipper in 1960-62 
> and has been named honorary commander for the day.
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> "It was the best job I ever had," Abbot said, standing once again on the 
> ship's deck. "Intrepid had a soul of her own. How can a hunk of iron 
> have a soul, you may ask. But I loved her. She kept me safe and at times 
> I kept her safe."
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> The Intrepid serves as a living memorial to the arms services, a tourist 
> attraction that draws hundreds of thousands people a year and, if the 
> need arises, will become as an emergency operation center for city and 
> federal authorities. The FBI used it as an operation center after the 
> Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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