[GATOR NAVY]

No, as pointed out by a poster above, the Navy has never had heavy lift capability. Keep in mind the heavy lift is not to get to the ship off the reef-the Navy can do that. It is to transport it afterwards as it is not expected to be tow-worthy due to hull damage. Both Samuel B. Roberts and Cole were transported by contracted heavy lift after they were damaged.

[Tucker39]

If memory serves, the lift ship that brought the Cole back to home port was Norwegian. I guess the U.S. Navy prefers to farm out that retrieval work. As the navy inevitably becomes more and more screwed up and *morally corrupt, there will probably be lottsa’ towing jobs for other enterprising navies to cash in on.

*Based upon The Holy Bible’s view of homosexualality.

[Elsie]

How they gonna SLIDE that thing UNDER the ship?