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Browns inlet nc

F/V Sea Angels Grounding; Browns Inlet Nc · NOAAORR-10019

issued
2019-12-09 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2019-12-23 00:00Z
self-cancels
2019-12-23 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
34.593, -77.231
vessels
F/V SEA ANGELSF/V SEA ANGELS GROUNDING
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

F/V SEA ANGELS Grounding; Browns Inlet NC.
Browns Inlet NC.
1. At 10:45 am on 9 Dec. 2019, USCG Sector North Carolina notified the NOAA SSC that the 100 foot long, F/V SEA ANGELS, was hard aground in Brown's Inlet, Onslow, County (near Swansboro), NC. Vessel is listing and taking waves over its side. Vessel has 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel onboard. No reports of any pollution or sheen reported at this time. USCG requested a NOAA GNOME trajectory.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 18000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 34.593N 077.231W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10019: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10019

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