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Johnson cove, prince of wales island, alaska

M/V Vashon; Johnson Cove, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska · NOAAORR-6365

issued
1986-06-07 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1986-06-21 00:00Z
self-cancels
1986-06-21 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
55.599, -133.459
vessel
M/V VASHON
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Vashon; Johnson Cove, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
Johnson Cove, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
1. At approximately 2000 on June 6, 1986, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Ketchikan was notified that the M/V Vashon, a former Washington State ferry listed on the National Register of Historic Places, had run aground approximately four hours earlier at the head of Johnson Cove on Prince of Wales Island. The vessel carried 6,500 gallons of diesel in three independent steel fuel tanks, 300 gallons of diesel in a lube oil tank, ten drums of gasoline, two drums of lube oil, and one drum of kerosene. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5200 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 55.599N 133.459W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6365: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6365

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