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   Spills·NOAAORR-72241997-08-21 00:00Z → cancelled 1997-09-04 00:00Z
   Moriches inlet, new york
   Dredge Alaska; Moriches Inlet, New York · North Atlantic Ocean

   Dredge Alaska; Moriches Inlet, New York.
   Moriches Inlet, New York.
   1. At 0824 on August 21, 1997, the USCG Group Moriches was notified that the 220-foot dredge Alaska had broken her mooring lines and might run aground off the coast of Long Island, New York. There were 22 people onboard. The Alaska was approximately 1,500 feet offshore of Moriches, New York. The dredge had about 117,000 gallons of diesel aboard. The crew was airlifted off the dredge because of the high seas. USCG district 1. Keyword: containment boom, evaporation, salvage, potential spill.
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 117000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 40.750N 072.750W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7224: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7224