330-PS-84:  USN 707571:  USS Missouri (BB 63) stern view which ran aground in Thimble Shoals in Hampton Roads, Virginia, is shown with fleet and harbor tugs alongside and aft during one of the four attempted pull off operations, which failed to move the ship from the sand bar.  After dredging alongside and astern toward the main channel, and aided by a north-east high tide, tugs and winches, USS Missouri broke the bonds during the fifth try on February 1, 1950.   (8/18/2015).
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