A Wednesday story on the plan to raise the tugboat Challenger incorrectly stated that SouthEast Alaska Lightering removed oil from the boat when it sank. SEAL placed a oil containment boom around the wreck but did not remove oil from the boat; removal was done by Global Diving and Salvage.
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