BARGE Boston Patriot Broke Lose

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• Spills · 5 messages1987-11-14 → 1988-01-21Old harbor, block island, rhode island

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6524. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-65241987-11-29 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-12-13 00:00Z
   Cape cod, massasschusetts
   Boston Patriot; Cape Cod, Massasschusetts · North Atlantic Ocean

   Boston Patriot; Cape Cod, Massasschusetts.
   Cape Cod, Massasschusetts.
   1. The container barge BOSTON PATRIOT broke lose from its tug just outside of the Cape Cod Canal at Cape Cod Bay on or about Friday, 27 Nov or Saturday 28 Nov. The BOSTON PATRIOT grounded approx 300 yards south of the Cape Cod Canal within the borders of the village of Sandwich, MA. The bottom on the BOSTON PATRIOT has been very damaged with 15 of the 21 bottom tanks flooded. Initial report is that the BOSTON PATRIOT is very firmly aground, not in danger of sinking and the situation is stable. . One 20 foot container aboard the BOSTON PATRIOT containes 76 (55gal) drums of a chemical reported to be "DIISOCYANATE." This material is believed (at this time) to be TOLUENE-2,4-DIISOCYANATE. . USCG MSO Providence is OSC for this incident. The SSC has been asked to provide information on the chemical TOLUENE-2,4-DIISOCYANATE and suggest what the "worst case" scenario might be if this material [...]
   2. COMMODITY: TOLUENE-2,4-DIISOCYANATE.
   3. POSITION 41.773N 070.479W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6524: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6524