Perseverance prevails, as tugs wiggle Intrepid free of mud

摘要

For the tugboat industry, it's one of the most famous towing operations in years. Yet it almost didn't happen — twice. On Dec. 5, McAllister Towing and Transportation Co. successfully delivered the historic USS Intrepid to dry dock in Bayonne, N.J. For the previous 24 years, the World War II-era aircraft carrier had rested at Pier 86 in Manhattan as part of a museum.