fishing vessel · named in official warnings

TRAWLER Irkutsk

1 message · 1988-08-24

status
no warning in force
first mention
1988-08-24 00:00Z
latest mention
1988-08-24 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
North Pacific Ocean
last position
48.443, -125.628

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6608. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-66081988-08-24 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-09-07 00:00Z
    Cape flattery, washington
    Irkutsk/ocean Fame; Cape Flattery, Washington · North Pacific Ocean
    IRKUTSK/OCEAN FAME; Cape Flattery, Washington.
Cape Flattery, Washington.
1. At 0630 on August 24, 1988, the Russian fishing trawler IRKUTSK and the Panamanian freighter OCEAN FAME collided 56 miles off Cape Flattery, Washington. Both vessels sustained damage which included a ruptured fuel tank on the IRKUTSK that resulted in a 2,000-gallon spill of marine diesel. Neither vessel sustained enough damage to be in danger of sinking. USCG district 13.
2. COMMODITY: MARINE DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 48.443N 125.628W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6608: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6608

Not for navigation. The name is read automatically from official navigational warnings; a common name can belong to more than one ship, and a message may describe work the vessel is doing (cable, survey) rather than something that happened to it. Mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.

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