TUG Punctured A Cargo Tank

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6641. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-66411988-12-23 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-01-06 00:00Z
   Grays harbor, washington
   T/b Nestucca; Grays Harbor, Washington · North Pacific Ocean

   T/B NESTUCCA; Grays Harbor, Washington.
   Grays Harbor, Washington.
   1. In the early morning of December 23, 1988, the tug Ocean Service collided with its tow, the barge Nestucca, while trying to replace a broken tow line. Both the barge and tug were owned by Sause Brothers Ocean Towing Co. of Coos Bay, Oregon and were en route from Ferndale, Washington to Portland, Oregon when the collision occurred approximately 3 kilometers off the coast of Washington, near Grays Harbor. The barge was carrying over 69,000 barrels of Number 6 fuel oil. The tug punctured a cargo tank, releasing an estimated 5500 barrels of the heavy marine fuel into the ocean. It was an overcast, moonlit night and the vessels were reportedly rolling in 6 to 10 foot swells. USCG district 13. Keyword: International Bird Rescue and Research Center (IBRRC), volunteers, oil snares, pompoms, sub-surface oil, manual removal, vegetation cutting, collision, disposal..
   2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 231000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 46.917N 124.250W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6641: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6641