Ryou-Un Maru

Ryou-Un Maru
Ryou-Un Maru adrift near Alaska, 4 April 2012
History
Japan
NameRyou-Un Maru
Port of registryJapan
Launchedc. 1982
Out of serviceMarch 2011
FateDamaged and sent adrift by tsunami in Japan, later sunk by naval artillery in Alaska
General characteristics
TypeSquid fishing boat
Tonnage150 tons[citation needed]
Length45 m (148 ft)[1]
Propulsionmotor (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]

  1. ^ a b カナダ、漁船漂流で警戒呼び掛け 函館の男性「沈んだかと」 (in Japanese). Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CG1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "'The ship proves that it's coming'". The Province. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.