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New ship allided with the breakwater

Re: “Coast guard’s newest ship dented in crash at Ogden Point breakwater,” March 23. As a longtime subscriber to the Times 91ԭ (love you, Jack Knox!), I feel compelled to correct a description in this article.

Re: “Coast guard’s newest ship dented in crash at Ogden Point breakwater,” March 23.

As a longtime subscriber to the Times 91ԭ (love you, Jack Knox!), I feel compelled to correct a description in this article.

When a moving object (such as a coast guard vessel) meets an inanimate object (such as a breakwater), the result, I believe, is referred to as an “allision,” not a “collision.” A collision results when two moving objects collide.

Julie Patterson

Parksville