Soviet Cleanup Ship Sent Home a Failure
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From Associated Press
VALDEZ, Alaska — A mammoth Soviet vessel brought in to help clean up the Alaskan oil spill can’t handle the hardened, taffy-like crude and is being sent home, authorities said today.
The high-tech, 425-foot Vaydaghubsky, which has been under a $15,000-a-day monthlong Exxon contract to skim the oil spilled March 24, did not have its contract renewed.
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