F/V Ocean Pacific

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   Spills·NOAAORR-67141989-08-12 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-08-26 00:00Z
   Tongass narrows, ketchikan, alaska
   F/V Ocean Pacific; Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia

   F/V OCEAN PACIFIC; Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska.
   Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska.
   1. At 2024 on August 12, 1989, the fish processor OCEAN PACIFIC, sank in 22 fathoms of water at its mooring in Tongass Narrows. The vessel contained 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel oil; five barrels of lube oil; five barrels of aviation gas; 150-pound bottles of anhydrous ammonia, chlorine, acetylene, and oxygen; and 2,150 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in the vessel's refrigeration system. When it sank, the OCEAN PACIFIC had an estimated 200,000 pounds of processed and packaged pink salmon in the freezer hold and 120,000 pounds in two refrigerated seawater tanks. Initially, the vessel leaked at an estimated 10 gallons per minute, creating sheening and recoverable oil in the Narrows. Divers plugged the vents and reduced the discharge to an estimated one gallon per hour. A salvage vessel was on scene and containment boom, lined with sorbent boom, was maintained around the wreck. Oiling was [...]
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL, LUBE OIL AVIATION GAS ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, CHLORINE, ACETYLENE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 15000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 55.315N 131.606W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6714: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6714