Big ass crane arrives at the Key bridge. Crane Linked to CIA Soviet Sub Misson

[Hotler]

'Here’s how crews will remove up to 4,000 tons of debris to help find victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse'
The Chesapeake 1000 – a gargantuan floating crane – arrived Friday near the scene. The crane can lift 1,000 tons of debris.
Click on the links in the article for more cool info.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/29/us/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-friday/index.html

Donjon marine and the Chessapeake 1000.
https://www.donjon.com/ches1000.htm

This crane is supposed to have a CIA history.
When built in 1972, Chesapeake was originally called SUN 800.
It is its history as SUN 800 that makes the crane famous. SUN 800 was built to assist in the construction of the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a deep-sea drill-ship platform, according to an article from Engineering News-Record. The ship was built by the CIA to recover the 3,000-ton Soviet Golf II ballistic missile submarine K-129, which sunk in 1968, called Project Azorian, according to USNI News.
https://news.usni.org/2024/03/29/crane-linked-to-cia-soviet-sub-misson-now-on-station-at-key-bridge-collapse

[Drum]

1. 52 years old?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Looks like the right tool for the job.

[Omnipresent]

3. That bridge won't linger for too long.

Along with that big-ass crane, comes a shitload of explosives.

[Silent Type]

4. Just saw on local news that they are already cutting some steel beams. Ships be movin soon.

The bridge, not for awhile.

[NBachers]

5. Check out those tugs!

[Hotler]

6. I know, now i have a curiosity for tugs and how they work.

Tractors of the water. In tractor pulling there is a class for garden tractors, I wonder if there are any mini-tugs?

[Ocelot II]

7. The largest crane in the world: