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Gulf of alaska, ak

Drifting Abandoned Barge; Gulf of Alaska, Ak · NOAAORR-6085

issued
2006-05-04 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2006-05-18 00:00Z
self-cancels
2006-05-18 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
48.340, -175.240
vessel
BARGE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Drifting Abandoned Barge; Gulf of Alaska, AK.
Gulf of Alaska, AK.
1. USCG contacted NOAA HAZMAT for a drift analysis for a derelict barge of unknown origin or ownership that has been floating around in Gulf of Alaska for the past couple of months. The barge was first noted approximately 200 miles south of Adak in the Central Aleutians on May 4, 2006. The vessel was recently sighted on Sept. 9 at 57-19.7N, 142-59.1W, approximately 200 miles south of Cape St. Elias in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska. By Sept 20 the barge had turned north and then westward in its drift and was approximately 50 NM south of Resurrection Bay on the south coast of the Kenai Peninsula. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage has been developing plans to salvage/tow the barge to safe port before it comes aground somewhere in southern Alaska.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: UNKNOWN. TAGS: DERELICT.
3. POSITION 48.340N 175.240W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6085: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6085

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