美国海岸警卫队击沉日本“鬼船”

The U.S. Coast Guard has sunk an abandoned Japanese fishing boat off the coast of ((the northwestern U.S. state of)) Alaska, more than a year after a tsunami sent it drifting aimlessly across the Pacific Ocean.
 
The 50-meter long Ryou-Un Mara went down Thursday in the Gulf of Alaska, hours after a Coast Guard vessel started shooting at it, setting fire to the so-called "ghost ship," which had no lights, crew or communications system.
 
The Coast Guard decided to sink the Ryou-Un Mara because it posed a significant danger to ships sailing in the area. Officials say sinking the ship poses no risk to the environment and that any fuel on board would be evaporated by now.
 
The sinking operation was delayed when a Canadian fishing boat expressed interest in salvaging the Japanese boat. The Canadian ship eventually determined it could not tow the crippled vessel.

这艘50米长、名为“第十一渔运丸”的渔船星期四被炮击几小时后在阿拉斯加湾沉没。美国海岸警卫队向渔船射击，使这艘所谓的“鬼船”起火。船上没有灯，没有船员，也没有通讯设施。

海岸警卫队决定击沉这艘渔船，因为该船对在这片海域航行的船只形成重大隐患。有关官员说，击沉这艘渔船不会对环境带来风险，因为目前船上不会遗留下任何燃料。

一艘加拿大渔船曾表示有兴趣挽救这艘日本渔船，因此沉船行动一度被推迟。这艘加拿大渔船最后决定，无法拖动这艘被损毁的船只。