Spills · oil
Crawfish inlet, sitka, ak
FV Ginny O Submerged; Crawfish Inlet, Sitka, Ak · NOAAORR-10157
- issued
- 2020-08-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2020-09-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2020-09-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
- position
- 56.798, -135.092
- vessel
- FV GINNY O
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
FV Ginny O Submerged; Crawfish Inlet, Sitka, AK. Crawfish Inlet, Sitka, AK. 1. On 25-Aug-2020, Sector Juneau reported that the FV GINNY O was sinking in Crawfish Inlet south of Sitka. The vessel has a maximum fuel capacity of 3500 gallons. The vessel is boomed off, and the fuel vents were plugged. The sheening observed was very light and is contained within the boom. The vessel was not actively sheening. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1800 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 56.798N 135.092W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10157: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10157
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2020-08-27 · closed 2020-09-14
- Crawfish inlet, sitka, ak this message2020-08-27 → 2020-09-10
- On 29-Aug-2020, the FV saami ran aground on kulichkof rocks in sitka sound2020-08-31 → 2020-09-14
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