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Dock float from tsunami washes ashore

A dock float made an incredible journey across 5,000 miles of ocean from Japan to Oregon.
When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents.


One floated up on a nearby island. Two have never been seen again. And one made an incredible journey across 5,000 miles of ocean that ended on a popular Oregon beach.
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Newport, Ore.

When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents.

One floated up on a nearby island. Two have never been seen again. And one made an incredible journey across 5,000 miles of ocean that ended on a popular Oregon beach.

Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

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