fishing vessel · named in official warnings

F/V Opty

1 message · 1988-12-07

status
no warning in force
first mention
1988-12-07 00:00Z
latest mention
1988-12-07 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Bering Sea
last position
52.734, -174.076

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6637. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-66371988-12-07 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-12-21 00:00Z
    Shemya island, aleutian island chain, alaska
    F/V Opty; Shemya Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska · Bering Sea
    F/V OPTY; Shemya Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska.
Shemya Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska.
1. On December 3, 1988, the OPTY, a 139-foot vessel owned by Opty Fishing Corporation of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, grounded outside Alcan Harbor on the northwestern side of Shemya Island, part of the Aleutian Island Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge System. High winds and seas apparently contributed to the grounding of the vessel, which carried 16,000 gallons of diesel, 1,000 gallons of hydraulic oil, and 400 gallons of lube oil. None of the oil was observed to be leaking into the water. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL, HYDRAULIC OIL, LUBE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 16000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 52.734N 174.076W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6637: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6637

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