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And onto the ship that was across the way. >> reporter: despite the danger and fatigue, there was no shortage of volunteers. >> we did not have to make any phone calls to get people to respond to this fire. we had sailors responding in respond to this fire. numbers that stayed on the scene for days. we had to order them to go home. rter: the r: the bonhomme richard was near the end of a quarter-billion-dollar overhaul to outfit it to carry the state of the art f-35 jet fighter like the u.s.s. america. it was all part of the pentagon's top priority, countering the chinese military in the pacifi...

Of a lifetime. but the challenges were huge. on first look, we were dismayed. or i certainly was. i neverfor a moment thought she was going to look like that. when we dived i thought, gosh, what have we taken on? she was riddled with holes from decay and that sort of depth round the water line. the work was being filmed and photographed by toni morrison and his wife marion. top deck, you really couldn't walk on. i mean, you were in danger. and below that was nothing other than rusty girders a foot wide, and a long drop below into some very dirty looking water in the bottom of the hull, and of ...

A pontoon would be sunk, placed under the hull, and then raised. slowly but surely, the great abandoned ship would float once more. as she come up, you see the great bow of the ship. fantastic. it's amazing how the emotions come back... ..after all those years. the salvage team had beaten the odds and the ship was towed home. entire bristol had turned out. yes, it was really... it was good. actually, quite emotional, really, having watched it being salvaged and leaving and arriving, and all in good repair... yes, that was an amazing experience. having steamed and sailed around the globe for de...

In the exact same spot where she was born 127 years before. she had completed herfinal voyage. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. and here she stands. you get an impression, restored obviously, but a real idea of what the two divers we re a real idea of what the two divers were talking about. imagine that bio coming up out of the water in the falklands, an amazing journey, and atop a glass roof which is specially environmentally sealed to ensure the hull does not erode any further. we will take you down there later. it is absolutely fascinating. they will open their gates later today. good morni...

Water in the bottom of the helm. and we we re carrying water in the bottom of the helm. and we were carrying all of our equipment, and just as an aside, i happen to be pregnant at the time. so it was all quite challenging, you could say. a pontoon would be sunk, placed under the whole, and then raised. slowly but surely, the great abandon ship would float once more. when she come up, you see the big bay of the ship, fantastic. it's amazing how the emotions come back after a ll amazing how the emotions come back after all those years. the salvage tea m after all those years. the salvage team ha...