USS Intrepid sail stalled as vessel gets stuck in mud

[LiviaOlivia]

USS Intrepid sail stalled as vessel gets stuck in mud
The Associated Press
November 6, 2006, 11:32 AM EST

After 24 years at the same Hudson River pier, the mission to move the legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid for a $60 million restoration was scrubbed Monday when the floating military museum became stuck in the mud.

The mission was called off for the day at around 10:30 a.m., according to Dan Bender, a Coast Guard spokesman.

As six tugboats strained to move the behemoth, the Intrepid's giant propellers got stuck in the mud. It eventually began inching backward out of its berth but moved only about 15 feet.

"She is stuck in the mud. We were able to move her 15 feet, and then she came to a halt. We tried to add more power with another tugboat but we couldn't wiggle her free," said Jeffrey McAllister, the chief pilot of the tugboat operation.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyship1107,0,5175156.story?coll=ny-top-headlines

[Megahurtz]

1. Oops! n/t

[zreosumgame]

2. humm, so it's 'Stying the Course' of being stuck in a quagmire...

Hell, that is the next repuke candidate for PREZ!!!!

[kenny blankenship]

3. Got yerself a yard ornament now

[VegasWolf]

4. Sort of like the FReepers homes, cars up on blocks, old washing machines

in the yard, shotgun and Bud laying on the table.

[Ian David]

5. They should re-name it the USS Rumsfeld now. n/t

[Pathwalker]

6. It's my ex's fault - he served on that ship.

I just know it's all his fault. ;-)

[KurtNYC]

7. "Mud bank dead ahead!"

Celion Dion: ".... near, far, wherever you are..."

[Parche]

8. CV-11

I have the model of the original version of the famous vessel
And also the video version.
After watching the video of the Intrepid you will have tears in your eyes,
after Reagan gives out a medal to one of the gun crews that performed heroically
that day when they were hit, and it took that long to get that medal in the mid 80's.

Hit by numorous kamikaze's it was nicknamed the 'Evil I'
I have never been on the museum, and now will have to wait
another 2years to view it.

[Roy]

9. Actually CVS-11

I spent a year and a half of my life on that 'Boat' back in the 60's.

Sadly, I have not revisited her since she was converted to a museum, lots of memories there good and bad.

[Parche]

11. intrepid

Yes it is now CVS-11, but back in 1944-1945 it was CV-11!!!!!

That is an awesome ship, and one of these days I will actually board her!!!

[Roy]

14. Yes it is awesome.. A floating city with a grand mixture of people

n/t

[Sherman A1]

12. Visited Her in 1998

during Navy Week, Memorial Day. I was in town for my daughters graduation from SVA, nifty museum.

[Roy]

15. A couple people I know went to see her..

but did not board her. I have promised myself that I will make the trip one day.

[Blaq Dem]

10. Maybe the ship didn't want to be STUCK in Iraq

It's smarter than Boosh and Scumsfeld. LOL

[sakabatou]

13. I heard that they're dredging it now

[Lurking Dem]

16. Heh.

That's what those of us in boating refer to as a "shallow water event".

[nealmhughes]

17. Great concerts right nextdoor at Pier 84, they sometimes have fireworks

over the Hudson there, too.