U.S. Coast Guard sinks Japanese Ghost Ship

I posted an article a few days back concerning the Ryou-Un Maru, a Japanese “ghost ship” that traveled the Pacific since becoming dislodged by the tsunami that hit Japan a little over a year ago and was now approaching the Canadian shoreline.  (You can read that original article here)

The ship got close enough for the U.S. Coast Guard to sink it:

The full CNN article regarding the sinking of the Ryou-Un Maru can be found here:

www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/us/japan-tsunami-ship/index.html