Across the Columbia river Astoria the USS Plainview has been run aground. The ship was the first hydrofoil built for the navy. A 220 foot long aluminum hydrofoil built in 1964 and decommissioned in 1978 it had 2 diesel engines and 2 14,000 HP engines that were also used on the F-4 Phantom.
It was sent to the scrapyard and bought by someone that wanted to turn it into a fishing boat. Now it sits by the shore next to a large crane and some other machinery which is covered by vegetation which also covers two travel trailers. It may be that someone was going to try to scrap the over 500,000 pounds of aluminum that remains. It has been awhile as there are ferns growing on the crane.
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| At High Tide |
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| At Low Tide |
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| Crane |
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| Another Trailer in Vegetation Behind |
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