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Offshore savannah, ga

M/V Fortune Epoch; Offshore Savannah, Ga · NOAAORR-1234

issued
2004-11-17 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2004-12-01 00:00Z
self-cancels
2004-12-01 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
31.983, -80.683
vessels
M/V FORTUNE EPOCHM/V FORTUNE EPOCH DETECTED AN OIL
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Fortune Epoch; Offshore Savannah, GA.
Offshore Savannah, GA.
1. On November 17, 2004, the M/V Fortune Epoch detected an oil sheen in its wake after it left the Savannah River. It then anchored and notified USCG. It was later determined that the ship had run over its own anchor when it dropped it to stop after losing stearing. There was some shoreline oiling, on water skimming, and Right Whales in the Atlantic south of the Savannah R. were briefly threatened by the oil slick. The hull was patched and the vessel returned to port on Nov. 26th.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: IFO 180. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 37200 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 31.983N 080.683W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1234: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1234

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