BARGE MCN-5

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• Spills · 2 messages1988-01-31 → 1988-02-14Pac northern barge MCN5; anacortes, wa

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   Spills·NOAAORR-65491988-01-31 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-02-14 00:00Z
   MCN-5; guemes channel, shannon point, washington
   The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia

   MCN-5; Guemes Channel, Shannon Point, Washington.
   Guemes Channel, Shannon Point, Washington.
   1. At approximately 0330 on 31 January 1988, the master of the tug James T. Quigg reported that his tow, the Tank Barge MCN-5 had turned onto its port side. At the time of the incident, the tug and barge were turning to the south around Fidalgo Head, near Shannon Point, Washington. The barge was loaded with 9,874 barrels of Heavy Cycle Gas Oil (HCGO) and some residual lighter fuel oils when it departed the Texaco Facility at Anacortes, Washington, three hours earlier. At 0530, the MCN-5 partially sank in an inverted position approximately three hundred yards off Shannon Point. The stern rested on the bottom in about 120 feet of water and the bow remained above the surface, supported by an air bubble in the forward rake. The barge remained in this position for more than a week while cleanup and salvage operations were organized. On February 8, the barge sank completely, coming to rest on [...]
   2. COMMODITY: HEAVY CYCLE GAS OIL, INTERMEDIATE FUEL OIL, MARINE DIESEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 105000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 48.517N 122.700W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6549: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6549