USA feuern auf Tsunami-Geisterschiff

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a plume of smoke rises from the derelict Japanese ship Ryou-Un Maru after it was hit by canon fire by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on Thursday, April 5, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The Coast Guard decided to s

Japanese vessel "Ryou-Un Maru" starts to burn as U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa crew prepare to continue firing upon the vessel, 180 miles (about 290 km) west of the Southeast Alaskan coast April 5, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard opened fire on Thursday on a

Petty Officer 2nd Class Manuel Izquierdo (L) and Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Kelly look on after dropping a self locating data marker buoy, near the Japanese fishing vessel Ryou-un Maru, in the Gulf of Alaska in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo, Ap

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa crew monitors the Japanese vessel "Ryou-Un Maru", 180 miles (about 290 km) west of the Southeast Alaskan coast April 5, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard opened fire on Thursday on a derelict Japanese fishing vessel washed out to

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa crew douses the adrift Japanese vessel "Ryou-Un Maru" with water after a gunnery exercise, 180 miles (about 290 km) west of the Southeast Alaskan coast April 5, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard opened fire on Thursday on a dereli

dapdCoast Guard Aviation Maintenance Technicians Sean Thomas of Clearwater, Fla., left, and Bob Chaney of Irvine, Ky., deploy a buoy from a C-130 cargo plane to monitor possible pollution from a derelict Japanese ship, which the Coast Guard attempted to s

dapdA giant plume of smoke rises from a derelict Japanese ship after it was hit by canon fire by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on Thursday, April 5, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The Coast Guard decided to sink the ship dislodged by last years tsunami because

REUTERSThe unmanned Japanese fishing vessel, Ryou-un Maru, drifts northwest approximately 164 miles southwest of Baranof Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo from April 4, 2012. The vessel was set adrift by the tsunami tha

dapdCoast Guard Petty Officer Charly Hengen, aboard a C-130, watches a giant plume of smoke rise from a derelict Japanese ship after it was hit by canon fire by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on Thursday, April 5, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The Coast Guard

dapdA giant plume of smoke rises from a derelict Japanese ship after it was hit by canon fire by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on Thursday, April 5, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The Coast Guard decided to sink the ship dislodged by last years tsunami because

Japanese fishing vessel, "Ryou-Un Maru", shows significant signs of damage after U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anancapa fired explosive ammunition into it, 180 miles (about 290 km) west of the Southeast Alaskan coast April 5, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard opened f