Spills · oil
Gulf of the farallones, ca
Ss Jacob Luckenbach Oil Removal; Gulf of the Farallones, Ca · NOAAORR-1008
- issued
- 2002-05-23 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2002-06-06 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2002-06-06 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 37.668, -122.731
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
SS Jacob Luckenbach Oil Removal; Gulf of the Farallones, CA. Gulf of the Farallones, CA. 1. The S.S. Jacob Luckenbach collided with her sister ship and sank on July 14, 1953. This vessel, which was loaded with 457,000 gallons of bunker fuel, sank in 180 feet of water approximately 17 miles west-southwest of San Francisco (37deg40.07N 122deg43.89W). It had been leaking sporadically over the years and was associated with several "mystery spills" in 2002. On 02 MAY 2002, an oil removal plan was accepted by the Unified Command and oil removal operations commenced on 25 MAY. USCG requested that the NOAA SSC lead the Resource at Risk workgroup to minimize impacts in the event of an accidental release during salvage/oil removal operations. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: BUNKER FUEL. 3. POSITION 37.668N 122.731W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1008: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1008
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- 1900 CA-1, moss landing, ca 95039, USA2026-08-30
- 32CC+C7 inverness, ca, USA2026-08-21
- J444+RW monterey, ca, USA2026-08-13
- 1809 sunset dr, pacific grove, ca 93950, USA2026-08-07
- R685+56 moss landing, ca, USA2026-08-07
- 841 w brannan island rd, isleton, ca 95641, USA2026-07-31
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- 32CC+C7 inverness, ca, USASpills · 26.9 nm
- 1900 CA-1, moss landing, ca 95039, USASpills · 68.4 nm
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8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
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