Once the United States Navy’s largest and fastest boat, the USS Plainview was a state-of-the-art hydrofoil boat at the time. It was one of the fastest hydrofoil boats. It was capable of over 50 miles per hour on the open sea. The USS Plainview was named after two cities in the United States, Plainview, New York and Plainview, Texas.
It’s quite unfortunate that such a magnificent piece of technology suffered such a humiliating fate. Decommissioned in 1978, the USS Plainview was sold to a private party that intended to convert it to a fishing boat. When the market went flat, so did the dream of converting the Plainview to a fishing boat. Somebody got the brilliant idea of dragging the boat across the Columbia river and leaving it beached alongside the shore in Washington state. I’m not sure what the intention was, but it has been there ever since, rotting away.
Although the USS Plainview suffered such an unfortunate fate, it turned out to be quite fortuitous for anybody looking to explore visible shipwrecks on the Washington Coast. It doesn’t get any more accessible when it comes to exploring abandoned derelict boats. In fact, if you do a search for, “USS Plainview location”, it will literally show you its location on Google Maps. The USS Plainview literally sits on the coast and you can walk up to it and check it out. There is however, one caveat. There are signs that state no trespassing, so be advised and venture at your own risk. My question is, were I to kayak to the boat, on the Columbia river, would that be considered trespassing. I intend to do that next time. But for this day, I opted for a much up close and personal look at the USS Plainview and you can watch it on, thePlanetraveler.
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