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Mso portland called at 1030 on 12/20/2003 to request a trajectory for a 20 foot barge stern adrift…
Barge Stern Adrift; Offshore, Or · Offshore, Or · NOAAORR-1137
- issued
- 2003-12-20 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2004-01-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2004-01-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 46.300, -124.184
- vessels
- BARGE STERNTUG SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED THE STERN
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Barge Stern Adrift; Offshore, OR. Offshore, OR. 1. MSO Portland called at 1030 on 12/20/2003 to request a trajectory for a 20 foot barge stern adrift approximately 6 1/4 nautical miles northwest of the mouth of the Columbia River. No product was aboard the drifting stern. Verbal and written trajectories were provided, as well as a weather forecast. A tug successfully recovered the stern by late afternoon. 2. THREAT: OTHER. 3. POSITION 46.300N 124.184W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1137: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1137
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