[post_page_title]Where were they taking it?[/post_page_title]
The Navy tracked down the Independence which had 13 crew members onboard, and they were promptly taken in for questioning by the authorities.
The men confirmed they had been hauling the Sam Ratulangi, but had it had been cut loose following some severe weather on the sea. They claimed they were planning on dragging the ship to Bangladesh where they would sell it to ship breakers where the vessel would be stripped down, dismantled, and anything valuable would have been salvaged.
