The semi-submersible heavy lift ship Blue Marlin

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MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole © U.S. Navy - PH2 Leland Comer

MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole © U.S. Navy – PH2 Leland Comer

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.

She were owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway, from their construction, in April 2000 and November 1999 respectively, until 6 July 2001, when Blue Marlin 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 linked suicide bombers while anchored in the port of Aden, Yemen.

MV Blue Marlin transporting sea-based X-band radar © U.S. Navy - Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley MV Blue Marlin preparing to offload Ocean Monarch © flickr.com - Jim Hatter/cc-by-2.0 MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole © U.S. Navy - PH2 Leland Comer
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MV Blue Marlin transporting sea-based X-band radar © U.S. Navy - Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley
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 in Texas, for completion.

On 16 June 2012, the ship arrived in Ferrol Harbour in preparation for transporting the amphibious warship HMAS Canberra to Melbourne, Australia. The incomplete Australian ship was lifted onto Blue Marlin on 4 August 2012 and was scheduled to sail on 12 August, bound for Australia BAE Systems shipyard in Williamstown. The ship passed the Port Phillip Heads marking its arrival in Melbourne on 17 October 2012.

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