Large ship sighted off Myrtle Beach coast laying subsea infrastructure

Large ship sighted off Myrtle Beach coast on Sunday laying subsea infrastructure

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the amount of cable the ship is capable of laying. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- Horry County's development boom isn't just happening on land. A 467-foot French vessel was spotted moving across the Myrtle Beach coast early Sunday morning that ocean traffic data identified as the high-tech Rene Descartes. It was captured by a News13 Storm Tracker camera. Built by Orange Marine in 2002, the Ren…

Large ship sighted off Myrtle Beach coast laying subsea infrastructure

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the amount of cable the ship is capable of laying. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- Horry County's development boom isn't just happening on land. A 467-foot French vessel was spotted moving across the Myrtle Beach coast early Sunday morning that ocean traffic data identified as the high-tech Rene Descartes. It was captured by a News13 Storm Tracker camera. Built by Orange Marine in 2002, the Ren…