“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 ...

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 ...

US Navy Photo McCain is diverted to Subic Bay, Philippines, after a hull crack is discovered during the destroyer’s transit to Japan via a heavy-lift transport ship. USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ten years ago, Scott Cheney-Peters stood watch on the bridge of the USS Fitzgerald ... spending $8 million to put it on a powerful heavy-lift ship and bring it back to a shipyard for repairs ...

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 ...