{"id":45761,"date":"2024-03-29T20:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/29\/navy-to-aid-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-recovery\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:04:31","slug":"navy-to-aid-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/03\/29\/navy-to-aid-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy to aid Baltimore\u2019s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy is contracting out multiple barges to Baltimore Harbor to help with clearing and reopening of the channel after a tanker struck a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse early Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naval Sea Systems Command has contracted a variety of vessels to help with the job supporting the Coast Guard\u2019s unified recovery effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy\u2019s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving will use the barges to surface and remove portions of the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sections will first be disassembled before they are lifted onto the barges and transported away, the Navy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy\u2019s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving will also oversee the mobilization of 12 assorted tugs, survey, crew and dive boats that will arrive to Baltimore in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\t