New Carissa Saga Updated: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 11:23 pm PDT
Shipwreck payment should benefit coast
We had a perfectly good shipwreck, until the lawyers got involved.
Governor wants to use Carissa funds for ocean projects
FLORENCE (AP) — Gov. Ted Kulongoski has proposed using the remaining $2.8 million the state received in a settlement from the New Carissa shipwreck for research projects on seafloor mapping, wave ...
Drop in scrap market delays departure of Carissa remains
The New Carissa isn’t gone yet. All but a few hundred tons of the infamous shipwreck still sits piled at the Sause Bros. yard in Empire, where the scrap was offloaded from a floating barge.
Titan barges leave North Spit
EMPIRE — The New Carissa has left the ocean. So has Titan Salvage, the company hired to remove the wreck from the North Spit.
New Carissa is 'Outta here'
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA — She’s outta there — and just in time, too, before a big storm hits.
The New Carissa is a real dive
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA — Not a speck of the wrecked stern of the New Carissa is visible from land anymore. It’s gone. Kaput. Bye-bye.
New Carissa project enters final phase
COOS BAY —The last big chunk of shipwreck is gone, but no one’s ready to declare the New Carissa demolition project complete.
Going, going - it's GONE!
10:24 a.m. , Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, by Staff Writer Susan Chambers
Titan bests shipwrecked New Carissa
SITE OF THE NEW CARISSA — The last of the New Carissa is out of the water, if only by about 5 feet.
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New Carissa September 2008
Titan Salvage's New Carissa deconstruction crew races against a timeline to remove the shipwreck from the surf off Coos Bay's North Spit. Here, they lift the engine.
Titan's view of the New Carissa
Check out the Titan's view of the New Carissa in this exciting photo gallery.
New Carissa July 2008
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and his staff visit the New Carissa on Friday, July 18, 2008. Titan Salvage crews were still in the process of removing metal and ship structure from the wreck. By Tuesday, July 29, crews had heavy anchor chains attached to the ship and were preparing to start pulling it out of the sand.
Carissa June 2008
Three Titan Salvage works scale the shipwrecked remains of the New Carissa on June 26, 2008, above the surf near Horsfall Beach north of Coos Bay.
The end of the New Carissa
A helicopter buzzes around the New Carissa work site in the unexpected sunshine on the morning of Wednesday, June 4. The Karlissa A was taken out to the wreck site on Sunday and will be followed by the Karlissa B within a week or so.
