Tagged: Derelict

Ship Cleanup
5:54 am
Wed February 22, 2012

Dealing With Derelict Vessels

Credit Photo by Ashley Ahearn / Northwest News Network
Melissa Ferris heads the Derelict Vessel Program in Washington. She's standing on the "deck" of a cabin cruiser that was dredged from the bottom of an inlet near Olympia.

COLUMBIA RIVER, Wash. -- There are hundreds of abandoned or sunken ships in Northwest waters. These vessels can threaten navigation, human safety and the environment. But state agencies in the region are only equipped to handle part of the problem. Ashley Ahearn reports.

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