USCGC alert sank in Portland

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It had been closed to public and homeless took it over.

 

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Abandoned boat sinks in Columbia River

An abandoned boat in the Columbia River near the Interstate 5 bridge sank where it sat Sunday evening, the U. S. Coast Guard confirmed. The boat hadn’t been used for a while and nonprofit Columbia Watershed Environmental Advocates was going to restore it. However, the founder of the group died...

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'Pirates of the Columbia' wreak havoc near I-5 Bridge, residents say

Just past the “Entering Oregon” sign on the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River is one of the first things people see, and it is not a very pleasant welcome to Oregon. At the base of the Interstate Bridge on Hayden Island are two old military vessels -- the Alert and the Sakarissa...

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USCGC Alert (WMEC-127) - Wikipedia

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Vessel names are capitalized. Makes sentences much easier to read if vessels have names identical to common nouns or verbs.

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