F/V Tenyo Maru

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   Spills·NOAAORR-50171991-07-22 00:00Z → cancelled 1991-08-05 00:00Z
   Neah bay, washington
   F/V Tenyo Maru; Neah Bay, Washington · North Pacific Ocean

   F/V Tenyo Maru; Neah Bay, Washington.
   Neah Bay, Washington.
   1. At approximately 0815 on July 22, 1991, the fish processor vessel Tenyo Maru and the Chinese freighter Tuo Hai collided in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 20 miles west of Cape Flattery, Washington, and 20 miles south of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ten to fifteen minutes after the collision, the Tenyo Maru sank in an estimated 350 feet of water. The Tenyo Maru, carrying 6,500 barrels of intermediate fuel oil, 2,166 barrels of diesel oil, and some quantity of lube, bilge and fish oils, began leaking oil shortly after it sank. There were conflicting reports of the weather at the time of the collision, several reports claiming that the weather was clear, while others maintained that it was foggy. The incident occurred in Canadian waters very near the Canadian/United States boundary. The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) implemented the [...]
   2. COMMODITY: INTERMEDIATE FUEL OIL, DIESEL OIL, LUBE OIL, BILGE OIL, FISH OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 361000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 48.467N 125.300W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 5017: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/5017