Spills
Delaware river, pennsylvania
T/v Viking Osprey; Delaware River, Pennsylvania · NOAAORR-6404
- issued
- 1986-09-08 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1986-09-22 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1986-09-22 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.798, -75.424
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
T/V Viking Osprey; Delaware River, Pennsylvania. Delaware River, Pennsylvania. 1. At 1500 on September 8, 1986, the 749 foot tanker, Viking Osprey, carrying approximately 550,000 barrels of Isthmus crude oil, touched bottom just below Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania while en route to the Mobile Oil Refinery at Psulsboro, New Jersey. Approximately 270,000 gallons were released from a breach in the hull of the No. l center tank until midnight, when the tank was emptied at the refinery. The ship was boomed by Mobil personnel as soon as it docked. USCG district 3. 2. COMMODITY: ISTHMUS CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 270000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 39.798N 075.424W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6404: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6404
This area · spills & pollution incidents
556 within 180 nm since 1972 · 11 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1986-08-13 · closed 1986-09-22
- At midnight on august 13, 1986, ashland chemical corporation inadvertently released 170 gallons of styrene…1986-08-13 → 1986-08-27
- Delaware river, pennsylvania this message1986-09-08 → 1986-09-22
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Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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