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Originally posted by Craig911
Story behind that pup?
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Norwegian transport ship called the "Blue Marlin". Salvage crews patched up the Cole in the harbor directly after the attack, just to get it sea-worthy. Then it was brought out to deep water for the transport loading. Pretty cool how that sucker can fill it's ballast tanks to virtually "Sink" itself, then raise back up once in position (under the ship). Easier said then done though. It took multiple tugs and dive teams. Entire docking evolution took almost 24 hours.
Incidentally, the Cole was brought back to the US and repaired in 14 months. Over 550 tons of steel was replaced.