Then the Golden Ray listed heavy to port — and kept rolling, capsizing in the sound directly between the resort islands of Jekyll and St. Simons. It will take at least until the end of next year to remove the massive shipwreck from the St. Simons Sound, said local officials this week. St. Simons Sound Incident Response contractors remove a ramp from the motor vessel Golden Ray, near Brunswick, Georgia, Jan. 26, 2020. On December 20, Golden Ray's rudder and propeller —which weighed a total of 130 tons — were removed and "will help reduce stresses to the hull of the wreck," St. Simons Sound … (Photo by Coast … The 656-foot Golden Ray was carrying about 4,200 vehicles when it lost stability and grounded in St. Simons Bay as it departed Georgia’s Port of Brunswick on 8 …

And so the theme of really, really big hardware continues at the floating construction site that centers around the 656-foot-long shipwreck of the Golden Ray in the St. Simons Sound. With … Contractors continue to work daily, weather permitting, on preparing the Golden Ray for removal—removing these ramps will improve safety conditions and expedite operations to cut the vessel into sections for removal.