Ghost ship japan tsunami victims

The long journey 'ghost ship' Japan ended. Tsunami waves that swept the ship to the North American region was finally sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard.

 
FoxNews website, 6 April 2012, report, cannon fire directed to a fishing vessel Ryou-Un Maru which has a length of about 164 feet away. Ships across the Pacific Ocean without a helmsman was finally sunk at a depth of 1,000 feet, below sea Gulf of Alaska. Approximately 150 miles from shore.

 

Coast Guard fired a high explosive ammunition. Ryou-Un Maru exploded and caught fire. Ships adrift at sea since March 11, 2011 it was slowly sinking. Thick black smoke accompanied the mysterious sinking.

 
The Coast Guard gave warning to the sailors and aviators to stay away from the site. A C-130 aircraft owned by the U.S. Coast Guard monitors the spinning operation. Four hours after the shooting, the ship sank completely.

 
Local officials decided to sink the ship. Discretion, may endanger shipping. Understandably, this area is a busy shipping lanes, linking North America with Asia.

 
'Ghost ship' has no lighting and communications equipment. The fuel tank is expected to accommodate 2,000 gallons of fuel. However, it is not known how much fuel is left of this ship.

 
This ship appears in the Sea of ​​British Columbia on March 23, 2012. The ship is the first large objects were found, among the millions of tons of debris from the tsunami that crossed the Pacific Ocean.