fishing vessel · named in official warnings

F/V Captain Billy

1 message · 1988-02-17

status
no warning in force
first mention
1988-02-17 00:00Z
latest mention
1988-02-17 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Bering Sea
last position
52.581, -170.718

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6555. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-65551988-02-17 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-03-02 00:00Z
    Yunaska island, aleutian island chain, alaska
    F/V Captain Billy; Yunaska Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska · Bering Sea
    F/V Captain Billy; Yunaska Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska.
Yunaska Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska.
1. On February 17, 1988, the fishing vessel, Captain Billy, grounded in heavy weather on Yunaska Island, one of the Islands of Four Mountains on the Aleutian Islands chain. The vessel was 83 feet long, and had an estimated 16,000 gallons of diesel aboard. The six crewmen went ashore and were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. Oil was observed leaking from the vessel. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 16000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 52.581N 170.718W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6555: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6555

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