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On january 3, 1992, the container vessel santa clara I was damaged during a storm while transiting 30 miles…

C/v Santa Clara; Baltimore, Md · Baltimore, Md · NOAAORR-5129

issued
1992-01-03 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1992-01-17 00:00Z
self-cancels
1992-01-17 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.277, -76.601
vessel
CONTAINER VESSEL SANTA CLARA I
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

C/V Santa Clara; Baltimore, MD.
Baltimore, MD.
1. On January 3, 1992, the container vessel Santa Clara I was damaged during a storm while transiting 30 miles off the New Jersey coast. Damage to the ship's bow was noticed when a pilot boarded her on January 4 to steer her to Baltimore, Maryland (see also Santa Clara I-Baltimore). An inspection in Baltimore revealed broken intermodal containers and arsenic trioxide spilled on the ship's deck, with a further 21 containers missing, including four hundred forty-one 375-pound arsenic trioxide drums. The response involved a helicopter sonar search, re-acquiring the helicopter targets with a vessel and identifying them with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) video camera, and, finally, removing the drums. Beginning in mid-January, U.S. Navy Helicopter Mine Squadron 14 searched for the lost containers via underwater mine detection equipment using towed side-scan sonar array. The Comprehensive [...]
2. COMMODITY: ARSENIC TRIOXIDE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHIDE.
3. POSITION 39.277N 076.601W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 5129: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/5129

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