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Article: Lifting Ehime Maru proves costly, tough
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- October 8, 2001
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The civilian salvage vessel Rockwater 2 is back in Honolulu Harbor again preparing for the final rigging operation later this week when the Navy will begin the unprecedented task of trying to raise the 830-ton Ehime Maru.
Rockwater 2 returned to the harbor yesterday to re-rig the forward end of the top lifting frame from a single-cable to a double-cable lift configuration. That lifting and spreader assembly, which will be suspended above the Ehime Maru, will distribute the vessel's weight when it is lifted and transported to a shallow-water recovery site about one mile south of Honolulu Airport's reef runway.
The Rockwater 2, a 5,991-ton Dutch-made salvage vessel, is expected to be at Pier ...