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Ryō Un Maru

 * ... that the Japanese squid fishing vessel Ryou-Un Maru (pictured) was sunk by gunfire from a United States Coast Guard cutter?
 * Reviewed: United States lightship LV-117
 * Comment: Note that the image is currently tagged for deletion on Commons, but this is due to a Flickr user erroniously tagging a PD-USCG image - it is a public domain image.

Created/expanded by Diiscool (talk), 70.24.244.198 (talk), The Bushranger (talk). Nominated by The Bushranger (talk) at 20:21, 6 April 2012 (UTC)


 * i thought Al Jazeera said it was explosives instead of gunfire?Lihaas (talk) 09:00, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * If they said that, they were wrong, or misinterpreted the fact the gun was firing high-explosive rounds? But it was gunfire. - The Bushranger One ping only 17:33, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Good to go once that deletion request is closed, which I'm surprised it hasn't already considering the responses so far and the status of the image. Miyagawa   (talk)  17:30, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Image has now been kept, so this one is good to go. Miyagawa   (talk)  20:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)