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Japanese tsunami 'ghost ship' scuttled by US Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard repeatedly fired machine-gun blasts at the abandoned Japanese "ghost ship" Credit: Reuters
In this photo, a plume of smoke rises from the derelict Japanese ship after it was hit by canon fire by a US Coast Guard cutter Credit: PA

The US Coast Guard has deliberately sunk the fishing vessel Ryou-Un Maru by allowing water to flow into the hull by firing at it with a 25mm machine-gun.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a plume of smoke rises from the derelict Japanese ship after it was hit by canon fire by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on Thursday.