M/V Swallow

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   Spills·NOAAORR-66681989-02-20 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-06 00:00Z
   Paul island, pribilof islands, alaska
   M/V Yardarm Knot; St · Bering Sea

   M/V Yardarm Knot; St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska.
   St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska.
   1. In the early morning of February 20, 1989, the Yardarm Knot hit a reef on the southeastern side of St. Paul Island while breaking off its transfer operation with a catcher boat. The 320-foot fish-processing vessel, owned by HAK Inc. in Seattle, sustained a gash measuring three feet wide and 60 feet long and damaged its rudder. Initial reports indicated that approximately 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel had been lost, from a total of 97,000 gallons. The ship's crew of approximately 120 people was safely transferred to another vessel, and roughly 150 tons of frozen, processed crab was transferred to the M/V SWALLOW. USCG district 17.
   2. COMMODITY: DIESEL, CRAB. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3500 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 57.144N 170.200W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6668: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6668

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   Spills·NOAAORR-66701989-02-27 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-13 00:00Z
   Dutch harbor, aleutian islands, alaska
   M/V Swallow; Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · Bering Sea

   M/V SWALLOW; Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
   Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
   1. On the morning of February 27, 1989, the SWALLOW, a 287-foot Japanese refrigerant fish cargo vessel, grounded just south of Ulakta Head, roughly ten miles north of Unalaska. The vessel was carrying approximately 65,000 gallons of Bunker C; 30,000 gallons of diesel; l 3,000 gallons of lube oil; and over 200 tons of frozen crab. Within a few days most of the diesel and some of the Bunker C had been lost. Because the vessel lost generating capability shortly after it grounded, the Bunker C fuel thickened, so that little fuel was actually lost. Booms were of little use in the surf zone where the vessel was grounded. USCG district 17.
   2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C, DIESEL, LUBE OIL, FROZEN CRAB. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 30000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 53.900N 166.509W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6670: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6670