CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The World War II destroyer known as "the ship that would not die" is being moved from a South Carolina maritime museum to dry-dock to help keep it alive.
The USS Laffey is being moved Wednesday from the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum on Charleston Harbor up the Cooper River to a dry-dock in North Charleston.
The move comes now at the time of the month's highest tides.
Repairs to the ship, which has leaks in its hull, are expected to take about four months. The state of South Carolina recently approved a loan of more than $9 million to help with the repairs.
The Laffey is known as "the ship that would not die" after surviving kamikaze attacks during the war.
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