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BARGE Tanker 570

1 message · 1988-08-21

status
no warning in force
first mention
1988-08-21 00:00Z
latest mention
1988-08-21 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Beaufort Sea
last position
70.225, -146.001

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6606. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-66061988-08-21 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-09-04 00:00Z
    Crowley barge tanker 570; flaxman island, beaufort sea, alaska
    Beaufort Sea
    Crowley Barge Tanker  570; Flaxman Island, Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
Flaxman Island, Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
1. During the night of August 20, 1988, the Crowley barge tanker 570, en route to Kaktovik in northeast Alaska, struck an iceberg and lost approximately 68,000 gallons of Arctic heating fuel. The release occurred while the barge was halfway between Prudhoe Bay and Barter Island. When the release was noticed at first light on August 21, measures were taken to immediately pump the remaining fuel to other tanks. Low ceiling and patchy fog conditions hampered aerial detection of the fuel spill. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: ARCTIC HEATING FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 68000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 70.225N 146.001W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6606: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6606

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