Here's a ship that used no fuel to cross the Pacific Ocean!

Photo: Department of National Defence / ReutersThis ship looks like something out of a horror movie, and in a way, it is. This 150 foot Japanese fishing ship has been drifting on its own for about a year! It started floating across the Pacific in March 2011 when a tsunami in Japan set it free, pushing it out to the open ocean with no one aboard. (At least I'm assuming no one was aboard.) It's pretty beat up, but it sure has to to be sea-worthy to be able to afloat free for more than 12 months! Even if they had automatic bilge pumps aboard, how long could any battery power that might be aboard the ship last? Of course the big problem now is what will happen to it? I assume it will become an ever-increasing 'hazard to navigation'. If you're a boater and you happen to see it, officials say 'stay away'. If I saw it, I'd have no desire to get too close. There is something unworldly about. Maybe it could be a good starting point for a Movie Of The Week.

Update on April 12, 2012 by The Giz Wiz

This "Ghost Ship" is no longer a threat to navigation. The US Coast Guard sent to the bottom of the ocean where it will do some good as a home to undersea creatures.