Navy Cruiser Grounded In Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) - The Navy is getting ready to try again to free a
warship that ran aground off the coast of Hawaii last week.
About 800 tons of water and 40 tons of anchors and anchor chains
will be unloaded from the USS Port Royal.
The hope is that a lighter load will make it easier for a
collection of tug boats to yank the Port Royal loose.
Several attempts have thus far failed, and if this one does too,
then the Navy plans to unload fuel from the ship. If that still
doesn't work, then the Navy might dredge a channel behind the
vessel so it can be pulled back out.
The boat is lodged just off the Honolulu airport, in clear view
of many. No one on board was injured when it ran aground, and it
hasn't been leaking fuel or anything else.