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TANKER Escort TUG Pathfinder RAN

1 message · 2009-12-23

status
no warning in force
first mention
2009-12-23 00:00Z
latest mention
2009-12-23 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Gulf of Alaska
last position
60.838, -146.882

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-8166. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-81662009-12-23 00:00Z → cancelled 2010-01-06 00:00Z
    Bligh reef, prince william sound, alaska
    Crowley Tug Pathfinder; Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska · Gulf of Alaska
    Crowley Tug Pathfinder; Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska.
1. On the evening of December 23, 2009, the tanker escort tug Pathfinder ran aground on Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska. The vessel has 127,000 gallons of diesel on board. The center bottom tank, containing 22,000 gallons, is ruptured and an unknown amount has spilled. Bligh Reef was the site of the 1989 grounding and spill of the tanker Exxon Valdez. USCG has requested scientific support including trajectory of the spilled fuel oil.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 43108 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 60.838N 146.882W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8166: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8166

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