Ghost Ship Full Of Mazdas...Off Alaska

[scl-ztt]

This is a story off Car and Driver's web site:

A disabled ship, abandoned by its crew and carrying nearly 5,000 autos, is drifting toward Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain, the Associated Press reported.

The Cougar Ace, a Singapore-flagged ship, likely had discharged too much water from ballast tanks at the bottom of the vessel, causing it to suddenly list in the space of 10 minutes, the story said. Unable to right the ship, its 23 person crew abandoned the task and was hoisted to safety by helicopter.

A salvage tow from Seattle and a tug from Dutch Harbor, Alaska have been sent out try to save the 654-foot car carrier and secure its cargo, mostly Mazda vehicles stacked 14 stories high in the 155-foot wide ship. In addition, the the Coast Guard cutter Rush is tracking the ship.

If you are planning to buy a Madza, you may have to wait!

[Msedanman]

This was in the news 2 weeks ago and reported to be full of Lexus vehicles???????

C.

[johnadlertech]

I was wondering what kind of cars were in there.

[Coach]

No, they're all Mazdas, mostly Mazda3's.

[johnadlertech]

then no harm done. Unless you own Ford stock.

[Ptone]

You have a lot more to worry about if you own Ford stock.