F/V Alaskan Star

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   Spills·NOAAORR-70771995-01-16 00:00Z → cancelled 1995-01-30 00:00Z
   Dixon entrance, southeast alaska
   F/V Alaskan Star; Dixon Entrance, Southeast Alaska · North Pacific Ocean

   F/V Alaskan Star; Dixon Entrance, southeast Alaska.
   Dixon Entrance, southeast Alaska.
   1. On the afternoon of January 15, 1995, the Canadian Coast Guard received a report that the F/V Alaskan Star, a 73-foot, steel-hulled vessel had capsized and the four- man crew was abandoning the vessel; the crew was picked up by nearby fishing boats. The next day winds and currents carried the hull north into American waters where approximately two feet of the inverted hull could still be seen. A USCG helicopter searched the area noting three red 55-gallon drums, paint cans, life buoys, and wood floating near the site of the capsizing. A helicopter search on January 17 revealed no vessel, debris, or pollution. Weather throughout the incident was southeast winds 15 to 25 knots, seas reasonably calm, and broken cloud cover. Response and search were terminated on January 17. It is not known whether any diesel was actually released; however, the vessel sank with 24,000 gallons of diesel [...]
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 24000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 54.093N 133.770W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7077: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7077