Two ships collided in southwest pass approximately 8 miles south of head of passes, la - lat 29, 2.4N, long…

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OSV Lee III; LA.
LA.
1. Two ships collided in Southwest Pass approximately 8 miles south of Head of Passes, LA - Lat 29, 2.4N, Long 89, 19.6W, at 5:30 CST. The freighter Zim Mexico collided with the OSV Lee III. The OSV Lee III sunk with 5 people on board. The people crew were not rescued. The OSV LEE III had the capacity to hold 30 thousand gallons of diesel. . A light sheen was seen by the NOAA SSC 2 miles south of the sunken vessel. Little diesel was released from the vessel. Clean-up was completed Feb 22. Salvage was completed Feb 25.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 30000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.040N 089.327W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1153: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1153