Thursday, April 5, 2012

To the deep

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Anacapa opened fire today on the Ryou-Un Maru, sinking her in 6,072 feet of water 180 miles off the Southeast Alaska coast.

Click here for Coast Guard video and photos.

6 comments:

Kodiak Bob said...

It took 440 shells to take it down.

Anonymous said...

But at $440 a ton, one would think Obama and Begich could build quite a few Chevy Volt's out of it.

Of course it always depends on the meaning of the term derelict, which in Alaska as everyone is well aware, describes a fully crewed, lit up fishing vessel, with a 911 call into Kodiak, including flashing satellite signal, and, never a 440 shell, required.

Anonymous said...

Good thing nobody was onboard. With that kind of shooting, they would've had a chance at winning the battle.

Anonymous said...

Did they bring the drunk back?

Petersburg's Finest!

http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2011/05/commander-of-petersburg-cutter-relieved.html

Anonymous said...

Anacapa, clearly defined!

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/157481

Anonymous said...

440 rounds and 2 fifths.