Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Blue Marlin" uye ngarava yake yehanzvadzi yakanga iri yeOffshore Heavy Transport yeOslo, Norway, kubva pakuvakwa kwavo, muna April 2000 naNovember 1999, kusvika musi wa6 July 2001, apo vakatengwa neDockwise. U.S. Navy yakashandira "Blue Marlin" kubva kuOffshore Heavy Transport kutamisa muparadzi kudzokera kuUnited States pashure pokunge ngarava yehondo
yakakuvadzwa nevabhomba vokuzviuraya veAl-Qaeda apo yakanga yakadzika chikepe pachiteshi chengarava cheAden, Yemen. Mukati mechikamu chokupedzisira cha2003, basa rakaitwa pa"Blue Marlin" rakawedzera kukwanisa kwaro uye rakawedzera mapuroteni maviri anodzoreka kuti avandudze mano okufamba. Ngarava yacho yakatangazve kushanda muna January 2004. Zvichitevera kuvandudzwa uku, "Blue Marlin" yakaendesa chikuva chemafuta "Thunder Horse PDQ", chinorema matani 60 000, kuCorpus Christi, Texas, kuti chipedzwe.