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HONOLULU — The Navy is moving fuel, water and personnel off a grounded, $1 billion cruiser so tugboats and a salvage ship can try again early this morning to free the vessel from a rock and sand shoal.
The USS Port Royal, a guided missile cruiser, ran aground Thursday evening, about a half-mile south of the Honolulu airport. With less fresh water, fuel and crew, the ship should be 215 tons lighter and easier to move at high tide.
Rear Adm. Joseph Walsh, deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said there is no structural damage from the grounding.
