U.S. Coast Guard sinks Japanese boat washed away by tsunami
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The shelling and sinking of a rust-stained fishing trawler in Alaskan waters ends its aimless voyage more than a year after a tsunami swept it off the east coast of Japan.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it opened fire on the roughly 200-foot trawler Thursday after it determined the "unmanned, unlit, unmarked vessel" posed a hazard to mariners and Alaska's marine environment.
More here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/us/jap...html?hpt=hp_c2
