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July 25, 2014

Sunken freighter raised in Tacoma

  • Dismantling and recycling is expected to cost $1.2 million, or more if asbestos is found.

    • TACOMA (AP) — A drug-smuggling freighter that sank in Tacoma's Hylebos Waterway 18 months ago has been refloated and is being moved to Seattle in a salvage operation expected to cost at least $1.2 million.

    The 167-foot Helena Star sank in January 2013 and was slowly spilling 640 gallons of oil and diesel. Crews tried to raise it in December, but the single crane wasn't enough to lift the ship without causing further damage. A team of two floating cranes raised it Tuesday so it could be drained of water, The News Tribune reported (http://is.gd/gSveLc ).


     
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