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The USS Plainview, a relic of lower Columbia history, beached in the shallows of Hungry Harbor

The USS Plainview, a relic of lower Columbia history, beached in the shallows of Hungry Harbor

Update: 2025-10-21
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Today we take a look at the USS Plainview, a once-innovative, prototype hydrofoil ship design that was decommissioned by the Navy in the 1960s. She ended up sidelined by her civilian owner after plans to make her into a seafood processing vessel didn’t pan out. She remains, partially dismantled, on the shores of the Columbia on the Washington side of the river, a few miles east of the Megler Bridge, beached on private property.


Today we’ll take a look at her once exciting history, and why she remains where she is.


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The USS Plainview, a relic of lower Columbia history, beached in the shallows of Hungry Harbor

The USS Plainview, a relic of lower Columbia history, beached in the shallows of Hungry Harbor

Joanne Rideout