Cargo Ship Carrying 5,000 Japanese Cars is Sinking
The Cougar Ace, a 654-foot cargo ship carrying a variety of Japanese cars is disabled and listing on its side just south of the Aleutian Islands, off the Alaska coast. The ship was making its way from Japan to Canada to deliver it's load of
4,813 cars when it began taking on water Sunday night.
As of now all 23 crew members have been air lifted off the Cougar Ace but the fate of the vehicles is unknown. All the cars are secured on the ship before transport but from the angle the ship is sitting at it is unknown whether or not they have remained in place.
Comments
It's highly unlikely with that ship's pictured list that many of the cars haven't already reached the bottom of the Pacific.
Posted by: Gunnar Heinrich | August 4, 2006 10:21 AM