These photos were taken by the Virginia DEQ and are photos #1 and #3 in their May 2005 reconnaissance inspection report. Photo #1 shows that both sides of part of the hull have been removed, and photo #3 shows part of one side has been removed while the Shirley Lykes is still in water. Photo #3 was shown in Elise Hamner's 17 Dec. 2005 article in the Coos Bay World (80). The procedures for catching slag while cutting are shown in Image 7.
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Photos #5 and 7 were taken by the Virginia DEQ and photo #6 was by Bay Bridge Enterprises--these photos #5-7 are from the Virginia DEQ's May 2005 reconnaissance inspection report. The "General Observations" of this report states:
"A double control system has been implemented when cutting is taking place. A crane lifts a "float" to sit directly under the area where cutting is being performed to catch slag before entering State waters (photos 5 - 6). An additional float is placed in the water in the same area to catch any slag that is not caught by the first float (photo 7)."
Note the placid water. The "floats" to catch slag from cutting torches would be most effective when wind and waves are light, but the site Bay Bridge chose at Yaquina Bay (Newport) was in an area very exposed to winds and waves, so Bay Bridge may select a similarly very exposed area elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest. In the bottom photo, part of top of the hull has already been partially cut. Images 6a and 6b show that the sides of the hull have been cut. However, Bay Bridge told Newport citizens that only the superstructure would be removed in water.
In photo #5, note that the crane is operating on an unpaved surface that appears to be dirt or sand, and this is more apparent in the enlargement in Image 8.
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This is an enlargement of part of photo #5 in Image 7a taken by the Virginia DEQ in their May 2005 reconnaissance inspection report. It more clearly shows that the crane is operating on an unpaved surface that appears to be dirt or sand. At windy locations such as the Yaquina Bay site that Bay Bridge chose for shipbreaking, operating a crane on such an unpaved surface would result in loose materials being blown around and some materials could be blown into the water.
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Go to Photo Images 9-10 of In-water Shipbreaking at Bay Bridge Enterprises
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