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Last week’s mystery, “Some maritime ting,” showed salvage operations of the Golden Ray, a container ship with hundreds of cars that capsized near St. Simons Island, Ga., in 2019.
Congratulations to these sleuths for figuring out the mystery: Elizabeth Jones of Columbia; Jacie Godfrey of Florence; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Wayne Beam of Clemson; Henry Eldridge of Tega Cay; and Deb Campeau.
Peel shared this about the ship: “The Golden Ray was a 660-ft long cargo ship that capsized on Sept. 8, 2019 in St. Simons Sound. The ship was carrying 4,200 vehicles and started to list just 23-minutes after departing the dock at Port of Brunswick’s harbor, while en-route towards the Port of Baltimore. Although four of the 23 crewmen were initially reported as missing, a rescue mission eventually found them and, thankfully, none of the 23 crewmen, three engineers or marine pilot were injured during the accident. Valued at nearly $80-million, with an additional $80 million worth of cars onboard, the ship and its cargo were declared a total loss in October 2019 and salvage operations began in December 2019.”
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