It’s what seafaring types call a heavy lift ship, and it’s designed ... after another US destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, struck a merchant container ship of the coast of Japan, killing seven ...

“Patriot Shipping, based out of Houston, Texas, has been awarded the contract to move Fitzgerald ... hire heavy lift ship to transport Cole to the U.S. MV Blue Marlin transporting USS Cole ...

The USS Fitzgerald ... sustained additional damage in an incident involving a heavy lift transport vessel called the Transshelf. “Fitzgerald returned to repair two punctures in her hull caused ...

SAN DIEGO — The USS Fitzgerald ... additional damage in an incident involving a heavy lift transport vessel called the Transshelf. “Fitzgerald returned to repair two punctures in her hull ...

9 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy has issued a contract proposal for transporting the USS Fitzgerald ... dry dock and the ship sits down on the blocks, the blocks are on the heavy lift ship and they ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Most USS Fitzgerald crewmembers will leave ... move the Fitzgerald back to the U.S. by using a heavy-lift ship. The Navy decided to take the Fitzgerald back to ...

US Naval Sea Systems Command said in early September that it would move the USS John S ... in the services of a heavy-lift vessel, known as a float-on/float-off ship, to move the McCain to ...

USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) departs Singapore on the heavy lift transport MV Treasure, Oct. 11, 2017. US Navy Photo Destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) developed a 4-inch crack in its hull while ...

heavy lift ship Blue Marlin sea-based X-band radar The announcement about the McCain's move comes just days after the Navy awarded a contract to a Houston company to move the USS Fitzgerald ...

“We could do it here; it’s just more cost effective and safer to go through the heavy lift route.” The Fitzgerald’s sister ship, the USS John S. McCain, will be repaired at ...

Here's how a heavy lift vessel will scoop up the damaged USS John S. McCain and ferry it to Japan for repairs. an oil tanker and taking a brutal hit to its hull, the USS John S McCain has caught a ...