US Coast Guard sinks Japanese "ghost ship" (+video) The Japanese 'ghost ship' – derelict vessel had been set adrift by last year's tsunami – was sunk to avoid potential navigation hazards. The ghost ship took about four hours to sink after a US Coast Guard cutter fired on it. US Coast Guard sinks Japan tsunami 'ghost ship' The US Coast Guard sunk a Japanese "ghost ship" with bursts of heavy gunfire when it drifted into Alaskan waters more than a year after being set adrift by a devastating tsunami. Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over. US Coast Guard fires at Japan tsunami 'ghost ship' The US Coast Guard Thursday fired on a Japanese "ghost ship" in a bid to sink it after it floated into waters off Alaska after last year's tsunami in Japan, presenting a danger to shipping. US Coast Guard Sinks Tsunami 'Ghost' Ship Cutter's guns tear into Japanese fishing vessel off Alaskan coast after it was set adrift in last year's tsunami VIDEO: 'Ghost' Ship Sinks PHOTOS: Coast Guard Sinks Ship U.S. sinks 'ghost ship' set adrift by tsunami Over the Gulf of Alaska — The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter unleashed cannon fire on the abandoned 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru on Thursday, ending a journey that began when last year's tsunami dislodged it and set it adrift across the Pacific Ocean. Tsunami ghost ship, Malawi president and Mali rebels: Morning roundup Adrift since the tsunami last year, the long journey of a Japanese ghost ship across the Pacific sputtered to an end Thursday by cannon fire, the Associated Press reports . A U.S. Coast Guard cutter's guns ripped holes in the 164-foot-long ship afloat in the Gulf of Alaska. Read full article >> 'Ghost Ship' Laid to Rest to Protect the Environment Fresh news and ideas about our planet's future See full coverage With the threat to Alaska's marine life looming, United States Coast Guard brought an end to the eerie story of Japan's drifting ghost ship by unleashing cannon fire and sinking the vessel in what experts deemed the most environmentally-safe location on Thursday. The Ryou-Un Maru , which news outlets have dubbed the 'Ghost Ship ... Japanese ghost ship sunk by CG cannon fire (The Associated Press) OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA — A Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year's tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and eliminating the hazard it posed to shipping and the coastline. Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year's tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and eliminating the hazard it posed to shipping and the coastline. The cutter's guns tore holes in the 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru on Thursday, ending its long, lonely journey across the Pacific that began ...
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