fishing vessel · named in official warnings

FISHING VESSEL Valerie G Hard

1 message · 1988-11-28

status
no warning in force
first mention
1988-11-28 00:00Z
latest mention
1988-11-28 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
last position
55.157, -131.794

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6635. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-66351988-11-28 00:00Z → cancelled 1988-12-12 00:00Z
    Nehenta bay, gravina island, alaska
    F/V Valerie G; Nehenta Bay, Gravina Island, Alaska · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
    F/V VALERIE G; Nehenta Bay, Gravina Island, Alaska.
Nehenta Bay, Gravina Island, Alaska.
1. On November 27, 1988, winds of up to 60 knots in Clarence Strait blew the fishing vessel VALERIE G hard aground at the head of Nehenta Bay on the southwest side of Gravina Island. The grounding occurred on an extremely high tide; efforts were unsuccessful to refloat the vessel, which contained about 250 gallons of diesel and around 25 gallons of lube oil. Due to the weather and the vessel's location, communications and overflights were virtually impossible. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL, LUBE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 275 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 55.157N 131.794W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6635: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6635

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