Guemes Channel.
The M/V Chilkat, which sank in Guemes Channel during a windstorm two weeks ago, was lifted by a crane and placed onto a barge. Global Diving and Salvage was contracted to recover the vessel. The estimated removal cost is $800,000.
M/V Chilkat, was built in 1957, and was the first ferry of the Alaska Marine Highway System.
In 2012, Chilkat was purchased by Island Scallops for use as a scallop tender
D.B. General is the largest floating and revolving derrick barge on the West Coast of North America. The crane’s maximum capacity is 700 tons.
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