In this Feb. 25, 2021 photo, a towering crane straddles the capsized cargo ship Golden Ray, its interior decks exposed after the ship's bow was cut off and hauled away, off the coast of St. Simons Island, Ga. Salvage crews began Nov. 6 cutting the ship into giant chunks for removal. The vessel has been beached on its side since it overturned Sept. 8, 2019, soon after leaving port.
They straddled the wreck with a towering crane with a winch and pulley system attached to 400 feet of anchor chain that acts as a dull sawblade, tearing through the ship’s hull with brute force. They spent days moving the crane to the other end of the ship, where they began cutting a new section May 7 while rethinking plans to complete the unfinished one.
Conservationists worry the longer the shipwreck stays in St. Simons Sound, the greater pollution threat it poses to the area’s waterways, beaches and saltwater marshes. “The longer anything sits in the water, the ship or these cars, it breaks down,” said Susan Inman, coastkeeper for the Altamaha Riverkeeper conservation group. “You have lead paint on your ship. You have all these plastic pieces, hydraulic fluid. A lot of this stuff is just going to be around for years.”
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