Spills · oil
50-foot sport fishing vessel sinking, pensacola beach, fl
NOAAORR-10493
- issued
- 2022-07-09 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2022-07-23 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2022-07-23 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 30.295, -87.299
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
50-foot Sport Fishing Vessel Sinking, Pensacola Beach, FL. Pensacola Beach, FL, USA. 1. On July 9, 2022, the USCG Sector Mobile contacted the NOAA SSC regarding an incident involving a sinking 50-foot fishing vessel "SLOW MOTION" with approximately 750 gallons of diesel aboard. The vessel is located about 2 miles south of Fort Pickens, FL. The USCG requested a trajectory and fate of a worst-case discharge of 750 gallons of diesel. USCG News Release: The Coast Guard rescued nine boaters from the water after their vessel became submerged approximately two miles south of Pensacola Pass, Florida, Saturday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a mayday call at 10:47 a.m. from the 50-foot Sport Fisher Slow Motion. The recreational vessel reportedly ran aground, with all nine boaters aboard abandoning the vessel. Watchstanders diverted a 45-foot Response Boat — Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Pensacola that was already patrolling the area. The Pensacola [...] 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 750 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 30.295N 087.299W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10493: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10493
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