[CPEO-MEF] SHIPS, PCBs: Sinking ships in the Gulf of Alaska

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Navy gets OK to sink ships for targets in Gulf of Alaska

BY SEAN COCKERHAM
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
July 25, 2011

The Navy has obtained authority to blast and sink as many as two real  
ships a year in the Gulf of Alaska over the next five years to give  
pilots and gunners authentic targets for their sights.

But ocean campaigners say that even decommissioned, stripped-out  
ships, like the ones the Navy will use as targets, contain residual  
hazardous materials that can poison the Gulf's rich habitat for  
years. They're trying to stop the target practice before it begins.

In May, the Navy finished an environmental review of new training  
options and authorized itself a maximum of two ship sinkings a year  
in the Gulf.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/07/25/1758695/navy-gets-ok-to-sink- 
ships-for.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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