 Ryou-Un Maru adrift near Alaska, 4 April 2012
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Ryou-Un Maru |
| Port of registry | Japan |
| Launched | c. 1982 |
| Out of service | March 2011 |
| Fate | Damaged and sent adrift by tsunami in Japan, later sunk by naval artillery in Alaska |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Squid fishing boat |
| Tonnage | 150 tons[citation needed] |
| Length | 45 m (148 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion | motor (diesel) |
Ryou-Un Maru (漁運丸, Fishing Luck) (also Ryō Un Maru[2]) was a Japanese fishing boat that was washed away from its mooring in Aomori Prefecture by the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and drifted across the Pacific Ocean.[1] It was spotted a year later by a routine Royal Canadian Air Force air patrol about 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) off the coast of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.[3][4] The unmanned hulk entered U.S. waters on 1 April 2012, and, after salvage attempts failed, was sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard on 5 April 2012 to prevent the hulk from becoming a hazard to navigation.[5]
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CG1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "'The ship proves that it's coming'". The Province. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Japanese boat washed away in tsunami spotted more than a year later". CNN. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship damaged in tsunami". New York Daily News. 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.