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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 comprise the ''Marlin'' class of heavy lift ship. == History == ''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 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''. In November 2005, ''Blue Marlin'' left Corpus Christi, Texas, to move the massive Sea-based X-band Radar to Adak, Alaska, via the southern tip of South America and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It arrived at Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2006, having travelled 15,000 miles. In January 2007, the Blue Marlin was employed to move two jack-up rigs, the ''Rowan Gorilla VI'' and the GlobalSantaFe ''Galaxy II'', from Halifax Harbour to the North Sea. On 16 June 2012, the ship arrived in Ferrol Harbour in preparation for transporting the amphibious warship 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orange giant Blue Marlin floats into Port Phillip Bay )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Blue Marlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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