F/V Lady Luck

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7151. This page grows when the name is issued again.

1. 1
   Spills·NOAAORR-71511996-08-11 00:00Z → cancelled 1996-08-25 00:00Z
   Cape may, new jersey
   F/V Lady Luck; Cape May, New Jersey · North Atlantic Ocean

   F/V Lady Luck; Cape May, New Jersey.
   Cape May, New Jersey.
   1. At approximately 0900 on August 11, 1996, the 71-foot commercial F/V Lady Luck sank in 230 feet of water about 70 miles east of Cape May, New Jersey. The weather at the time was calm winds, temperature 80?F, visibility at 12 miles. The seven people onboard were rescued before the vessel sank. The boat had about 7,500 gallons of diesel fuel onboard when it went down. Initially a 2-mile long by 200-foot wide slick was observed from the point of sinking. At 1745 an overflight from USCG Group Cape May indicated the sheen had reduced to 0.5 long by 0.25 nautical mile wide, drifting in a southerly direction. USCG district 5. Keyword: evaporation, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory.
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 7500 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 38.807N 073.317W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7151: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7151