BARGE Seaspan 824

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6513. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-65131987-10-27 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-11-10 00:00Z
   T/b seaspan 824; wrangell narrows,alaska
   The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia

   T/B Seaspan 824; Wrangell Narrows,Alaska.
   Wrangell Narrows,Alaska.
   1. Early on October 27, 1987, the tank barge Seaspan 824, loaded with number 2 diesel, grounded in Wrangell Narrows in the vicinity of Battery Islets. When the barge refloated at 0400 and moved north through Wrangell Narrows, approximately 10,000 gallons of diesel were missing. At 0610, the Seaspan 824 was tied to a log boom approximately three miles south of the town of Petersburg. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment, Ketchikan, and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) personnel made overflights of the Narrows. The Coast Guard completed inspection of the barge by 1200 and determined that 16,500 gallons of diesel were missing. USCG district 17.
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 10000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 56.607N 132.970W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6513: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6513