San francisco, california

Original warning text

Oregon Standard/Arizona Standard; San Francisco, California.
San Francisco, California.
1. On January 18, 1971 at 0141, the tank vesselArizona Standard struck the port side of the tank vessel Oregon Standard approximately 300 yards west of the mid span of the Golden Gate Bridge. The two vessels remained joined together while several damaged cargo tanks on the Oregon Standard began releasing bunker C fuel oil into San Francisco Bay. Contributing factors to the incident were dense fog and darkness. Spill response started almost immediately. A command post was established by 0445 by representatives from USCG District 12, the California Department of Fish and Game (CA DFG), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Although water borne movement of cleanup and containment equipment was hampered by the dense fog, containment booms were in place around both vessels by 0630. The separation of the two vessels at 0900 resulted in an increased rate of spillage from theOregon [...]
2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C.
3. POSITION 37.817N 122.500W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6212: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6212