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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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