MV Blue Marlin
Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Blue Marlin |
| Owner: |
 Dockwise Limited
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| Operator: |
Dockwise Limited
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| Builder: | CSBC Corporation (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
| Laid down: | 8 April 1999 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1999 |
| Completed: | 25 April 2000 |
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| Status: | Operational |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | A1 General Cargo Carrier E0 DK(+) PWDK TMON |
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| Length: | 224.8 m (738 ft) |
| Beam: | 63.1 m (207 ft) |
| Draught: | 13.3 m (44 ft) |
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Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship from Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands. Designed to transport very large semi-submersible drilling rigs above the transport ship's deck, it is equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna and swimming facilities. Blue Marlin and her sister ship MV Black Marlin comprise the Marlin class of heavy lift ship.
Blue Marlin and her sister ship were owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway, from their construction, in April 2000 and November 1999 respectively, until 6 July 2001, when they were purchased by Dockwise. The U.S. Navy hired Blue Marlin from Offshore Heavy Transport to move the destroyer USS Cole back to the United States after the warship was damaged by Al-Qaeda suicide bombers while anchored in the port of Aden, Yemen. During the latter part of 2003, work done on Blue Marlin boosted its capacity and added two retractable propulsors to improve maneuverability. The ship re-entered service in January 2004. Following these improvements, Blue Marlin delivered the oil platform Thunder Horse PDQ, weighing 60,000 tons, to Corpus Christi, Texas, for completion.
In July 2005 Blue Marlin moved the gas refinery Snøhvit from its construction site in Cádiz to Hammerfest, an 11-day trip. This transport was filmed for the TV show Extreme Engineering on the Discovery Channel, and also the TV show Mega Movers on the History Channel.
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