BARGE E-24 Long Island Sound

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• Spills · 20 messages1985-06-26 → 1986-01-05T/b E-24; "the race," long island sound, fishers island, new york

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-9087. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-90871985-11-22 00:00Z → cancelled 1985-12-06 00:00Z
   Barge e-24 long island sound; long island sound, ny
   North Atlantic Ocean

   Barge e-24 Long Island Sound; Long Island Sound, NY.
   Long Island Sound, NY.
   1. The barge, e-24, sank in Long Island Sound after entering the Race, struck bottom and broke the hawser. there was 20,00 barrels of #6 in the tanks- an indetermined amount spilled. Intial slick spotted at 1420 PSt 11/22) was 2 Miles x 3/4 over Bartlet Reef Oriented in the NNW direction. Slick ( at 0430 PSt 11/23) was 1//4 x 1/2 mile./ Black oil globs were noted. Oil observed 11/24 on the Montank Shoreline, 5-6 pancake size peices- about 5 every 30 yds
   2. THREAT: OIL.
   3. POSITION 41.239N 072.060W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9087: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9087