TUG BAY Titon

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• Spills · 2 messages2001-05-11 → 2001-06-29At about 1940 edt on june 15, 2001 the tug john turecamo was hit by the propeller from a tanker

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7562. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-75622001-05-11 00:00Z → cancelled 2001-05-25 00:00Z
   Chesapeake and delaware (c&d) canal
   Tug Bay Titon; Chesapeake and Delaware (c&d) Canal · North Atlantic Ocean

   Tug Bay Titon; Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal.
   Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal.
   1. On the morning of 5/11 approaching the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal the tug Bay Titan was overturned by its barge and sank at the entrance. She is carying 42,000 gallons of diesel fuel. At this time there has not been any release of fuel. Salvage plans are for the next few days. MSO Group Philadelphia requested worst case trajectory analyses from NOAA. USCG district 5.
   2. COMMODITY: #2 FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 42000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 39.562N 075.562W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7562: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7562