salvage operation
Rescue from wreckage
A salvage operation is an organized effort to recover something from damage, loss, or ruin.
The term applies most literally to retrieving cargo or vessels from shipwrecks: The salvage operation recovered gold from the sunken freighter.
It extends to any systematic attempt to save what can be saved from a failed situation: The campaign became a salvage operation after the scandal broke.
- watery graveDeath by drowning
- salvorsMarine property recoverers
- rescue missionOperation to save someone
- debris removalClearing scattered remains
- waste recyclingProcessing refuse for reuse
lost cargo · deep sea · ocean floor · refloating · maritime law · sunken treasure · treasure hunter · diving · insurance claims · crisis management · crane · coastguard · hull breach · tow · cut the line · debris · scrap metal · rigging
- salvagesalvor, refloating, refloat, reclaim, recover
- desperate measureslast resort, desperate plea, desperation move, last ditch, last chance
- maritime accidentsship collision, ramming, broadsiding, sideswipe, side swipe
salvage operationscuttling
Hasty, low scurrying motion
destruction · demolition · scrapping · dismantling · controlled demolition
salvage operationsinking
Falling through water
wrecking · torpedo attack · bombing run · arson · act of war