Remember the Costa Concordia? Amazing time-lapse of the complete dissassembling

[A HERETIC I AM]

The capsized Auto Carrier in Brunswick, GA made me think of this, and I found a video I hadn't seen before.

Once they got her upright and moved, the work of dismantling her began, and this time-lapse shows that amazing process, right down to the removal of her engines and everything.

[Metatron]

1. Very cool!

Thanks for posting this.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I watched a documentary on the salvage operation several months ago.

It was a Herculean effort.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. I put up a post on the "parbuckling" procedure back when they accomplished that.

"Herculean effort" is an understatement!

The engineering, the ingenuity, the effort....was just incredible....amazing.

(Searched for the post, but couldn't find it...ah well...that's what I get for not using the Bookmark feature! )

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I wanted to slow the speed of the video down

so I saved it, then opened it in one of my video players, adjusted the speed, and was fascinated by all the people and equipment there were.

Thanks for posting...

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. ...

[miyazaki]

6. Last I checked all the ships safes disappeared.

Also amazing treasures such as original Hokusai wood block prints.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Aren't there certain "salvage" protocols?

I mean....isn't it an international maritime...er...tradition, for lack of a better term, that those who find it, gets it?

[miyazaki]

9. Shit, I have no idea friend.

And speaking about the safes. What safes? No we didn't see any safes. There's safes?