Massive Japanese dock from tsunami washes up on on US beach
A very large and heavy dock measuring 7' tall, 19' wide and 66' long that has washed ashore on Agate Beach one mile north of Newport, Oregon on June 6, 2012. The Japanese consulate has confirmed that the dock washed ashore on Agate Beach is debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department photograph shows a very large and heavy dock measuring 7' tall, 19' wide and 66' long that has washed ashore on Agate Beach one mile north of Newport, Oregon on June 6, 2012. The Japanese consulate has confirmed that the dock washed ashore on Agate Beach is debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department photograph shows a very large and heavy dock measuring 7' tall, 19' wide and 66' long that has washed ashore on Agate Beach one mile north of Newport, Oregon on June 6, 2012. The Japanese consulate has confirmed that the dock washed ashore on Agate Beach is debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department photograph shows a metal placard bearing Japanese writing that details manufacturer and fabrication date, among other information on a very large and heavy dock measuring 7' tall, 19' wide and 66' long that has washed ashore on Agate Beach one mile north of Newport, Oregon on June 6, 2012. The writing reads "Misawa region wide-area fishery harbor improvement work. June 2008, Nishimura Sangyo Co., Type of Structure: PC Segment, Constructor: Zeniya Kaiyo Service Co. The Japanese consulate has confirmed that the dock washed ashore on Agate Beach is debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Coast Guard and government officials examine garbage washed out to sea by the 2011 Japan tsunami, which litters the wreck line of Montague Island, Alaska in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters May 25, 2012. Cleanup workers will soon attack the jumble of debris, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.
REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR Styrofoam washed out to sea by the 2011 Japan tsunami, litters the wreck line of Montague Island, Alaska in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters May 25, 2012. Cleanup workers will soon attack the jumble of debris, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.
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A Harley-Davidson motorcycle lies on a beach in Graham Island in this picture taken by Canadian Peter Mark in the end of April 2012 and released by Kyodo May 2, 2012. According to local media, the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was washed up on a Canadian Island by last year's tsunami disaster in Japan and it was found by Mark. The owner of the bike, Ikuo Yokoyama, was located through the license plate number. Ikuo said he lost three members of his family during last year's natural disaster.
A soccer ball, pictured in this NOAA handout photo, washed away during the Japan tsunami has been found on Middleton Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, and eventually could be headed back to the Japanese school grounds it originally came from. REUTERS/NOAA/David Baxter/Handout
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 fire on Thursday on a derelict Japanese fishing vessel washed out to sea by last year's devastating tsunami in a bid to sink it and eliminate a threat to navigation, a spokesman for the agency said.
In this handout image provided by U.S. Air Force, a house is seen adrift off the coast of northeastern Japan from a HH-60G helicopter surveying the damage stricken area as part of Japan's earthquake and tsunami recovery effort March 14, 2011 in Japan. The quake struck offshore at 2:46 pm local time on March 11, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of northeastern Japan. The death toll is still yet to be fully known, with fears that the numbers could run into the tens of thousands.
This file photo taken March 13, 2011, and provided by the U.S. Navy, shows a Japanese home adrift in the Pacific Ocean, days after a massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami hit Japan's east coast. Scientists believe ocean waves carried away 3-4 million tons of the 20 million tons of debris created by tsunamis that slammed into Japan after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake nearly a year ago. One-to-two million tons of it _ lumber and other construction material, fishing boats and other fragments of coastal towns _ are still in the water and are being carried across the Pacific by ocean currents. One to five percent of that may reach coastlines in Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon and Washington states.