Fishing vessel washed ashore by 2011 tsunami

Fishing vessel washed ashore by 2011 tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Work begins Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle a 330-ton fishing vessel that was washed ashore by the March 2011 tsunami and has remained stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit cities in northeastern Japan. Although the stricken vessel, the Kyotoku Maru No. 18, had become a tourist attraction, a plan by the city government of Kesennuma to preserve it as a memorial met with resistance from local residents, who said it revived bitter memories of the calamity.

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