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US (Coast Guard) to Sink Ghost Ship Dislodged by Japan Tsunami
North County Times/The Californian ^
| Thursday, April 5, 2012
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/05/2012 11:14:54 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
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Air Station Kodiak - In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the derelict Japanese fishing vessel RYOU-UN MARU drifts more than 125 miles from Forrester Island in southeast Alaska where it entered U.S. waters March 31, 2012. The vessel has been adrift since it was launched by a tsunami caused by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last year. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:15:48 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Why not just tow it back to port and salvage it?
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:17:33 AM PDT
by
trailhkr1
(All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
To: DogByte6RER
Scrap iron is going for around $250/ton, not to mention the other tasty little salvage like props, engines, electronics, etc.
By the law of the sea since its been declared abandoned can’t anyone just claim it, tow it home and salvage it?
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:18:41 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar
Heck, It was an operating ship when it was washed out by the Tsunami is they any reason that some couldn't just board her and with a little work get it running?
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:23:30 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Abathar
I agree, I am surprised some salvage company hasn’t tried to claim it.
To: Abathar
Heck 2000 gallons of Diesel? What’s Diesel selling for in Nome? ;-)
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:24:28 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: trailhkr1
Why not just tow it back to port and salvage it?
can’t do that ,makes too much sense , so , IT MUST DIE !!!!
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:26:01 AM PDT
by
molson209
To: Kartographer
Be funny to see Sig and the guys run out and get her running, she still has a couple thousand gallons of diesel on board too.
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:28:41 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: DogByte6RER
That’s gay, why not let the navy attack it? Shoot deck guns at it, strafe it, have some fun, train a little. Planted explosives,,, sheesh. Typical bureaucratic textbook ,, headquarters approved answer.
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:29:08 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
To: Abathar
Calling Captain Phil Harris! Now here would be a CATCH for you!
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:31:07 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Abathar
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Sig's on his way....
To: DesertRhino
Why not have the TSA screen the ship first?
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:33:20 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: DogByte6RER
I think obama and his entire cabinet should take an EXTENDED tour of this ship.
.
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:35:38 AM PDT
by
flatfish
To: DogByte6RER
Send the Japanese Co. that owns the ship a hefty bill...
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:36:49 AM PDT
by
flatfish
To: Abathar
brass, copper, highstrength pipe, all kinds of valuable materials.
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:37:20 AM PDT
by
tommix2
(,)
To: DogByte6RER
Someone should tell the U.S. Coast Guard that the War is over , this could bite them
To: DogByte6RER
I bet the owners told the US Coast Guard that they already claimed the insurance value and were distressed it was found.
Its true that an ocean going tug could move it to port for salvage but that is only if a salvage company had discovered it, made a salvage claim and then fronted the cash for such a tow which apparently has not happened.
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:50:57 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Newton's New First Law, Repeal and Restore!)
To: trailhkr1
Because it's more fun to blow it up?
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posted on
04/05/2012 11:53:29 AM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
To: trailhkr1
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