Albany NY, Ship Flip

From: Brian
Location: Bflo.
Email: wlbblw at aol.com
Remote Name: 152.163.253.71
Date: 12/31/03
Time: 04:30:04 PM

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Workers set to right ship, search for 3 crew members 12/30/2003 ALBANY (AP) - Crews prepared Monday to right a Dutch cargo ship and search for the last of three crew members who went missing when the vessel tipped in the Hudson River earlier this month. Albany police Detective James Miller said salvagers planned to seal off the hole in the 289-foot Stellamare and pump water out of the partially sunken ship. They then planned to lower a massive crane to lift the ship. Once the vessel is standing, divers will resume searching for the body of Victor Alexeev, 46, the only crew member who remains missing, Miller said. The body of sailor Sulieman Khasenevich, 43, was recovered by divers Dec. 17. The body of his shipmate, Yuri Akofin, 48, was found by salvage divers a day earlier. All three men were from St. Petersburg, Russia. Eighteen crew members were aboard at the time of the Dec. 9 accident. Fifteen were rescued immediately from the river and the ship. Investigators have not determined why the vessel tipped while being loaded with General Electric turbines.