Operación de rescate de un Sherman en el USS Thomas Donaldson

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A saber por qué lo han hecho, si por entrenarse o por el valor histórico o por ambas cosas, pero el caso es que especialistas en rescate submarino de la Armada Rusa colocaron el "punto de mira" en el buque estadounidense USS Thomas Donaldson que formó parte de los convoys polares de la Segunda Guerra Mundial ...

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El barco está hundido cerca de la isla de Kildin en en mar de Barents a 60 mts de profundidad. Fue localizado por los rusos en 2005 ...

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Y el caso es que las informaciones indican que se ha rescatado un tanque Sherman de 30 toneladas de peso de los que transportaba el buque ...

[La foto no corresponde al tanque rescatado sino a un Sherman]

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Con la participación de una grúa flotante PK-7500 ...

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... Y robots submarinos del tipo Tiger y Panther Plus ...

ROV Tiger

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ROV Panther Plus

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Specialists rescue Northern Fleet conducted a unique operation to lift the tank on board the sunken transport "Thomas Donaldson"
petsialisty control search and rescue (UPASR) Northern Fleet (NF) during the special exercise forces emergency rescue team conducted a unique operation recovery tank "Sherman" on board the transport "Thomas Donaldson," which sank in the Barents Sea near the island Kil'din during the Great Patriotic War.
Such an operation to raise the combat vehicle for the first time in the history of performing underwater work. To implement the survey of works on a sunken vessel in the territorial waters of Russia, involved diving specialists UPASR SF, as well as operators remotely controlled unmanned submersibles "+ Panther" and "Tiger."  
30-ton armored vehicle was in the hold of a sunken transport. The operation was carried out in several stages, first the tank was removed from the hold, and then brought to the surface. Lifting from a depth of about 60 m was performed using a floating crane "PC-7500". In the near future Tank "Sherman" will be taken ashore.

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