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US (Coast Guard) to Sink Ghost Ship Dislodged by Japan Tsunami
North County Times/The Californian ^ | Thursday, April 5, 2012 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/05/2012 11:14:54 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

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To: Abathar

Another story says that it’s too expensive to salvage for what you’d get for it, and that the owner doesn’t want it back, probably for the same reason. You say that scrap iron is $250 a ton. The ship weighs 150 tons. That means $37,500. Minus out the costs of a tug to tow it someplace they’ll actually give you that much and it doesn’t look like much of a business plan. Maybe there’s some value in the other equipment, but keep in mind that it’s been drifting in the ocean for over a year now. A lot of it must be trashed by this time.


21 posted on 04/05/2012 11:59:21 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Kartographer
Calling Captain Phil Harris!

Well, since it is a "ghost ship", that is apropos.

22 posted on 04/05/2012 12:07:21 PM PDT by hattend (Jesus wants me to make churches pay for abortions. - Barack Obama)
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To: hattend

Think of the ratings! Ghost and Ghost Ship!!!!


23 posted on 04/05/2012 12:09:59 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

"Hold it there, mate. This is my pathetic excuse for a seaworthy vessel, and you're standing aboard it, so you might want to show it, and me, her captain, some respect."


24 posted on 04/05/2012 12:10:49 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: DesertRhino

I think it should be loaded with hidden explosives, remotely controled detonators, a tracking device and towed to Somalia. Then left as bait.


25 posted on 04/05/2012 12:28:34 PM PDT by meatloaf (Support House Bill 1380 to eliminate oil slavery.)
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To: Eaker

Your H.A.T. tagline is needed on this thread.


26 posted on 04/05/2012 12:29:52 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: trailhkr1; thackney

If explosives are an option then explosives are THE answer.


27 posted on 04/05/2012 12:38:59 PM PDT by Eaker (Remember, the enemy tends to wise up at the least convenient moments.)
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To: Eaker

Perfect.

If one of the options is blowing this up, WHY are there other options?


28 posted on 04/05/2012 12:40:40 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Eaker

I think putting a Mk 48 into her would be more fun (though overkill) than a bunch of 25mm HE rounds. USCG really doesn’t get to do SINKEXes so I guess they deserve a chance this time.


29 posted on 04/05/2012 12:49:06 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist; Eaker

Delivery method of the explosives is an option to consider.

But the ability to use explosives rules out all other non-explosive options.


30 posted on 04/05/2012 12:57:57 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: trailhkr1

I’d buy it and turn it into a Bering Sea gold dredger.


31 posted on 04/05/2012 2:07:45 PM PDT by mcshot (Friends of A. Breitbart concerned by removal of US flags near the Presidential podium.)
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To: Abathar; Kartographer
New story in the Anchorage paper this morning is that some Canadian fisherman have claimed salvage rights and the CG is going to let them give it a go first.

Also says the boat was getting ready to be scrapped when it was set adrift, so it probably is not operational, nor does it probably have the 2k gallons of diesel quoted here (that is its capacity.)

*UPDATE* In the time between my reading that article and typing this, the Canadians have given up on salvage.

Coast Guard to sink ghost ship after all

32 posted on 04/05/2012 2:08:17 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Price that ship out new or good used, and then get a cost to refurbish it, you might be surprised.

There is money to be made on that ship in that condition for free, the hull with running engines alone blasted and painted is worth good money if corrosion isn’t too deep.


33 posted on 04/05/2012 2:12:00 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: GATOR NAVY

I thought it was in running condition when set adrift, if it was already in salvage condition in Japan then everything valuable has already been stripped.

Have fun boys, just don’t put it where the drag nets go.


34 posted on 04/05/2012 2:16:35 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: thackney
Lets see if there were only three rats on the ship when it got washed out to sea, and Assuming the only one of them is a female.
Rats can reach sexual maturity at 5 weeks of age,Rats do not recognize incest, so brothers and sisters and even mothers and sons are game. It has been estimated that a mated pair of rats can produce up to 15,000 babies in one year.

Don't know about ya'll but you ain't gonna find my butt on board.....

35 posted on 04/05/2012 2:19:41 PM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: DogByte6RER

Ok, this is all fine and dandy - blow up a ship.

How many fish will die?
How many penguins will have to be bathed?
Will sea life be evacuated before the explosion?
Will suicide bombers be involved?
What about water pollution?
Will the debris be contained?
Will this explosion increase global warming?
Is osama manning the ship?


36 posted on 04/05/2012 4:16:55 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: DogByte6RER

Can we at least salvage the diesel fuel before sinking it? Unless it is highly radioactive, let’s use the useable and not have it leak out into the ocean at some future date for liberals to bitch about and turn into an issue.


37 posted on 04/05/2012 6:12:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: DogByte6RER

How hard would this be to tow back for salvage. Or is steel that plentiful today? I would think somebody could tow it to shore for salvage rather than sink her.


38 posted on 04/05/2012 7:44:20 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (REPEAL OBAMACARE. Nothing else matters.)
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