Unmanned and unlit. USCG photoThe U.S. Coast Guard says a derelict Japanese fishing vessel, the Ryou-Un Maru, has drifted into Southeast Alaska waters and is posing a navigational hazard some 180 miles west of Dixon Entrance.
The vessel was first sighted more than a week ago in Canadian waters.
The Ryou-Un Maru has been drifting unmanned and unlit at sea presumably since Japan's massive tsunami more than a year ago, the Coast Guard says.
The Coast Guard has dropped a data marker buoy near the vessel to track its location, and a cutter is heading out to assess the situation.
It appears that the l/v (legislative vessel) Juneau has been found!
ReplyDeleteWho has salvage right's?
ReplyDeleteFirst come firts serve?
I guess the Canadian's were too cheap to go get it so now it's up to the Americans. Thanks Canada. It's going to cost US taxpayers tens of thousands to handle all it's wastes and properly dispose of it.
ReplyDeleteTarget practice?
ReplyDeleteThe ghost ship floats?
ReplyDeleteSomeone in the Pacific should take a little lesson on how a full crew, all lit up, can't keep one floating?
(d)erelict? Vote Begich!
THANKS USA BOATS FOR DROPPING ALL YOUR S--- OVERBOARD WHEN YOU TRAVEL IN OUR WATERS WITH YOUR SODIUM LIGHTS ON. WE CLEAN UP ENOUGH OF YOUR MESS
ReplyDeleteI'm blasting off from the dock right now to go salvage this beast! Watch me go!
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