How to cut up a ship with a chain

[MillCreek]

https://jalopnik.com/a-chain-just-cut-through-a-capsized-cargo-ship-filled-w-1845784581

It would be great to know the final bill for the removal.

[dogmush]

That's a big chainsaw.

[cordex]

Very cool.

I saw that ship last October before they had any sort of recovery operation underway. 

From the cross section it looks like there might even be some recoverable vehicles in there.  I wonder if they would even be allowed to do so, or if trashing the vehicles is part of the contract.

[WLJ]

They cut the bow off the Kursk with a similar method to avoid disturbing any remaining warheads in the forward section before raising her.

[kgbsquirrel]

It looks like they are using standard anchor chain for the purpose.

[AmbulanceDriver]

Can you imagine how God-awful loud that has to be?

[tokugawa]

Wonder why they don't use a diamond wire saw? It is a wire cable with diamond coated beads every few inches.  Clog on the steel?  Too  expensive?

[kgbsquirrel]

Wonder why they don't use a diamond wire saw? It is a wire cable with diamond coated beads every few inches.  Clog on the steel?  Too  expensive?

Anchor chain is likely cheaper and easy to patch when links break.

[K Frame]

Can you imagine how God-awful loud that has to be?

That was the first thought that I had, too.