Today we will see the Pacific Tracker travel up the Columbia to Portland. She’s a military missile tracking ship that’s berthed at Swan Island’s shipyard. An interesting aspect of this ship is her past: she’s 60 years old, and has had various uses and names – including as a  bulk carrier and containership. A case in point about the lives of ships.

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