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Bellingham bay, washington

Sunken Barge; Bellingham Bay, Washington · NOAAORR-6286

issued
1985-10-13 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1985-10-27 00:00Z
self-cancels
1985-10-27 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
48.750, -122.500
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Sunken Barge; Bellingham Bay, Washington.
Bellingham Bay, Washington.
1. In early October 1985, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Seattle, received a series of reports from citizens in the Bellingham Bay area of oil sheens on the Bay. Investigation by the Coast Guard revealed that a barge had sunk 10 years earlier in the approximate vicinity of the reported oil sightings. The barge was believed to have had fuel tanks with some product in them when it went down. The Coast Guard decided that a survey of the barge was necessary to determine whether it could be the source of the oil sightings. USCG district 13.
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 48.750N 122.500W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6286: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6286

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