Three years ago on a sunny day in August, a nearly 80-year-old steel, navy blue ship with patched holes and streaks of rust drifted down an inlet connecting downtown Tacoma to Commencement Bay. The ...

Rusty abandoned ship stranded in calm turquoise sea under dramatic cloudy sky - Russieseo/Getty Images The idea of ghost ships floating endlessly at sea is the stuff that horror movies are made of. No ...

From small fishing boats littered across state ports to a massive 384-foot ship rusting in the Columbia River, Oregon’s waterways continue to be dotted with abandoned and derelict vessels. Now, a ...

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Beneath the peeling paint and rusted decks of derelict ships, there's a deeper human story. A home for abused and deserted donkeys turns out to also be a refuge for humans. After 25 years of ...

Beneath the peeling paint and rusted decks of derelict boats, there's a deeper human story. Oregon’s waterways face a crisis as abandoned and derelict boats pile up. Left behind by owners unable to ...

At least eight ships sank and haven’t been recovered. The largest was a 384-foot ship designed to bring Army tanks to shore during the Vietnam War. That vessel would cost around $25 million to destroy ...

Federal agencies sold aging ships that states later paid millions to dismantle Washington and Oregon spent over $21M removing 37 abandoned ex-military vessels Federal oversight gaps let buyers acquire ...