Originally to have been named Ocean Ranger II, the $110 million platform was under construction in Yokosuka, Japan, on February 15, 1982, when its namesake and predecessor tragically capsized in a North Atlantic storm off Newfoundland, killing all 84 men aboard. Renamed Ocean Odyssey, the new offshore drilling platform went to work that same year.

Between April 1983 and September 1985 the platform drilled off the coasts of Alaska and California before a 2 years hiatus. In early 1988, the Ocean Odyssey was contracted to ARCO Atlantic Richfield Company for North Sea explorations. All was well, until September 1988, when a blow-out and fire ended the rig’s career in oilfields. In 1999 refurbished became a sea-based launching rocket platform.