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  • Coast Guard vows to dismantle, remove languishing barge

    02/18/2011 7:28:37 AM PST · by Bean Counter · 4 replies
    The Columbian ^ | February 18, 2011 | Reic Robinson
    Camas, Washington - The U.S. Coast Guard will step in to dismantle and remove the beached and broken barge Davy Crockett, now languishing on the north bank of the Columbia River between Vancouver and Camas. Gov. Chris Gregoire said she was pleased by the Coast Guard’s announcement on Thursday. “The issue remains of how we improve the monitoring and management of large derelict vessels so that we avoid these types of costly and intensive response efforts in the future,” Gregoire said in a prepared statement. State authorities have attributed the sad state of the 431-foot converted barge — beached, broken...