Ryou-Un Maru

Ryōun Maru

The Ryōun Maru (Japanese渔 运 丸, dt "Fishing Luck " ) was a Japanese squid fishing boat (English: squid jigging vessel ), which was scheduled for scrapping in 2011 and moored in a port on Hokkaido. The ship with the external identification HKI -1113 ( " HKI " for Hokkaidō ) was swept away by the tsunami in 2011 in Japan. Since then drove the ship, which was deleted after the tsunami from the ship register of owners, as a ghost ship on the Pacific Ocean. End of March 2012 it was near the coast of Alaska, taken externally but stable buoyant located. On April 4, 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard had a position transmitter fall on the deck [ evidence ?]. Since then, the position of the vessel was observed.

Sinking

The Coast Guard initially planned to sink the ship with the help of explosives in order to prevent dangers to shipping. Itself was still an unknown quantity of fuel on board the vessel. On April 5, 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard sent the Anacapa to sink the ship. Previously, a Canadian fishermen had filed its right to salvage the ship. However, this had proven to be unworkable, since the fishing boat the Ryōun Maru could not take in tow. The Anacapa shelled the fishing vessel while driving with their rear gun until it finally sank.