'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris

I'd be ok for music for insomniacs

I DID say that Adrien Cronauer would be a better option...but if you have a Gregorian Chant Hour I could probably do it justice ; )

 

You guys have forgotten something important! The flag!!!! Gotta have a cool flag.

 

The one flying over the White House belongs to us... think it would do very nicely.

 

Flying south to Florida for Sun&Fun one year, I picked up an ADF transmission that pointed out to the Atlantic. He played a lot of Led Zepplin, and cussed alot during breaks. Too bad I was flying in a Cessna Cardinal at 160+ mph, I would have liked have listened to him a bit longer.

That was the first and only time I ever heard pirate radio.

 

am i just missing something? I only skimmed the article. Why can't the ship be boarded, started, and piloted back to home port?

 

Easy? What's ever been easy bout doing things the monkey way

 

I think they are onto the plan.




http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/ne...japanese-ghost-ship-adrift-off-alaskan-shores


An unmanned Japanese fishing vessel that was cast adrift following last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami has likely seen its last day as the U.S. Coast Guard makes plans to sink the vessel as it nears the shores of Alaska.

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter vessel was en route to Japanese ship’s location Wednesday night and the rusted vessel could be sent to the bottom as early as Thursday.

“The plans are to utilize a Coast Guard cutter to get to the vessel [Wednesday],spend the night along side with the vessel,where [Thursday] they can assess its condition … and scuttle it at sea,” U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer David Mosley said Wednesday night. “Our cutters are armed and this vessel has got two different types of chain-gun systems onboard … and the intention is to utilize one of those systems to strategically put holes in the hull of the ship to cause it to sink.”

Mosley said weather and sea conditions could affect the timing of the operation,so no firm timetable has been established.

The Japanese vessel —named Ryou-Un Maru —was about 300 kilometres southwest of Sitka, Alaska,on Wednesday night.

Mosley said there was no intention for officials to board the Japanese ship because the structural integrity of that vessel cannot be verified and could pose an unnecessary risk should somebody board it.

The sinking is being carried out for the safety of commercial shipping in the region.

“The vessel is an immediate hazard and danger to commercial shipping,” Mosley said. “It is in active shipping lanes and the vessel is unattended,it’s unlit and we don’t want to have an incident at sea where another vessel were to collide with it.”

The intact,65-metre “ghost ship” was first spotted March 20 off Haida Gwaii,B.C.,by an airplane contracted by the federal government. It was not thought to pose an environmental risk as it was not leaking fuel.

“It’s been drifting across the Pacific for a year, so it’s pretty beat up,” said marine search co-ordinator Jeff Olsson of Victoria’s Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

Air crews swooped down to survey the decks and signal any potential occupants —but received no replies. Canadian authorities used the vessel’s hull numbers to track down its Japanese owner,who confirmed nobody was aboard. “We know nobody’s in danger,” Mr. Olsson said.

The vessel is the first verified debris to reach the West Coast since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11,2011,although more debris of varying sizes is expected to reach the region.

 

Seems to me I heard on the radio news that the ship was sunk by the coast gaurd today.
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game over.