Tug Powhatan to be Raised from Gastineau Channel on Sunday
![The barge Salvation, the KP-2 deck barge, and two tugs tied up at Samson’s dock. The Alaskan Salvor located inside the containment boom around the tug Powhatan. (Photo provided by Samson Tug & Barge; June 4, 2017) Tug Powhatan to be Raised from Gastineau Channel on Sunday](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/Boats/powhatan-raising.jpg)
The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation will oversee the lifting operation as Alaska Commercial Divers and Pacific Pile & Marine raise the Samson tug Powhatan, which sank at its berth at the dock in Starrigavan Bay near Sitka on April 19th. In preparation of the raising of the tug, crews have placed rigging and lifting chain around the […]