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Car parts wash up along Georgia’s coast as Golden Ray salvage drags on Russ Bynum Tags:  An Incident Response team member holds a piece of debris recovered from St. Simons Sound. Responders on the water and at the shoreline communicate work to identify, mitigate and forecast any further debris impacts. (St. Simons Sound Incident response photo) BRUNSWICK, Ga. – As salvage crews continue cutting apart and hauling away the capsized Golden Ray, a shipwreck the size of a 70-story office building with 4,200 cars within its cargo decks, parts of the ship and cars that fell into the St. Simons ...

Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn 'Nothing but problems': Shipwreck tear-down enters 5th month Demolition of a large cargo ship along the coast of Georgia is entering its fifth month, with work to chop the ship into eight large pieces going far slower than the salvage crew anticipated By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press March 13, 2021, 6:30 PM • 5 min read The Associated Press FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. Demolition of the large c...

About three-fourths of the vessel remain beached off St. Simons Island in Georgia.

The ship's steel has proven tougher than anticipated, slowing the process, and crews have taken pauses to perform extra inspections and maintenance, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes.

Russ Bynum 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. (St. Simons Sound Incident response photo by Farrell Lafont of Gallagher Marine Systems via AP) March 13, 2021 - 9:36 AM SAVANNAH, Ga. - When salvage crews began cutting apart ...