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On december 11, 2003 the 74 foot wood fishing vessel mizb was reported abandoned 21 miles off chincoteaque, va

F/V Miz B Adrift; Offshore, Va · Offshore, Va · NOAAORR-1131

issued
2003-12-11 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2003-12-25 00:00Z
self-cancels
2003-12-25 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.617, -75.083
vessel
F/V MIZ B
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

F/V MIZ B Adrift; Offshore, VA.
Offshore, VA.
1. On December 11, 2003 the 74 foot wood fishing vessel MIZB was reported abandoned 21 miles off Chincoteaque, VA. The vessel was reported to have a capacity of 13,000 gallons of diesel fuel. NOAA provided vessel drift trajectories and weather forecasts, no pollution was reported to have been released.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 13000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 37.617N 075.083W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1131: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1131

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