Wild how common this ship abandonment is, there whole self help websites about it with casual article headings like
ETA- (not saying the ship is abandoned in Baltimore, this just a tangent)
“ Early signs of Abandonment”
“ Abandonment Checklist”
From wiki on California history, regarding abandoned ships during the gold rush. Shows some of the funky context of maritime law.
“Starting in 1849, many of the ship crews jumped ship and headed for the gold fields when they reached port. Soon San Francisco Bay had many hundreds of abandoned ships anchored offshore. The better ships were recrewed and put back in the shipping and passenger business. Others were bought cheap and hauled up on the mud flats and used as store ships, saloons, temporary stores, floating warehouses, homes, and a number of other uses. Many of these repurposed ships were partially destroyed in one of San Francisco’s many fires and ended up as landfill to expand the available land.”
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Now it sounds like it will still be a while before they move this thing. It’s sitting on the bottom?
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Bon voyage Dali
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