Rocking, jerking, rolling.

Whatever you want to call it, the New Carissa is moving out of the sand off of Horsfall Beach.

“We’re still inching it out,” Titan Salvage Master Shelby Harris said early Tuesday afternoon.

At that time, Harris estimated the port side — the side with six 3-inch anchor chains hooked to it — moved about 12 inches.

Instead of having the six 340-ton- capacity hydraulic  pullers apply an even force, Titan Salvage crews are yanking and jerking a few connections at a time. The Karlissa B’s “Big Red” crane is adding muscle with the lifting, increasing its pull to 60 tons, then 80, 120, 180, 240 and more — then letting off. Loud clangs, clunks and thunks reverberate to the beach and foredune as the pullers kick in again, tightening the chains.

Pullers and crane have attacked the shipwreck with about 1,700 tons of force, Harris said.

At around 5 p.m. — just before the shift change — the stern changed its position and rolled up about 7 feet, salvors said. The Karlissa A barge, the one with the pullers, chains and fairleads, also dug into the sand a bit more.

Salvors first started pulling on the wreck one week ago, just as a summer storm washed in with pounding waves to assist the pullers.

Harris said salvors are clearing out sand and trying to jerk the ship around in an effort to break it loose. A skeleton crew has been working overnight to continue air lifting, using pressurized air to remove sand from inside and around the hull.

Harris will continue with that strategy for awhile, then stop and take a look at where the ship rests, perhaps even today.

Coos County Commissioner John Griffith stopped by the Titan compound on the foredune Tuesday to take a look at the progress.

He walked up over the foredune and looked out through the fog at the New Carissa. The deck, by that time, was at an increased angle.

“It’s moved a lot,” Griffith said.

Titan Managing Director David Parrot is keeping an optimistic view.

“At least we know the damn thing moved,” Parrot said.

— Staff Writer Susan Chambers contributed to this story

(Staff Writer Jolene Guzman is covering the New Carissa salvage operation for The World. She can be reached by calling 269-1222, ext. 235; or by e-mailing to jguzman@theworldlink.com.)