Spills · oil
Dauphin island, al
Sunken Tug Fritz Cenac; Dauphin Island, Al · NOAAORR-1118
- issued
- 2003-11-28 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-12-12 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-12-12 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 30.251, -88.181
- vessel
- TUG FRITZ CENAC
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Sunken tug FRITZ CENAC; Dauphin Island, AL. Dauphin Island, AL. 1. The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator was notified by USCG MSO Mobile that the Tug FRITZ CENAC had sunk (or partially sunk) and was leaking fuel oil. The USCG requested that NOAA assessed the trajectory implications, probable fate, and resources at risk of diesel released in Mississippi Sound from the sunken vessel. The vessel is reported to have sunk sometime around 0500 hrs local time N of Dauphin Island. 50 gallons of diesel spilled when the vessel was refloated and most was recovered. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 9000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 30.251N 088.181W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1118: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1118
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- Round island, pascagoula, ms2003-11-19 → 2003-12-03
- Dauphin island, al this message2003-11-28 → 2003-12-12
- Mobile bay, al2003-12-02 → 2003-12-16
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