Spills
Virginia beach, virginia
M/V Meister Stersinger; Virginia Beach, Virginia · NOAAORR-6530
- issued
- 1987-12-07 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1987-12-21 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1987-12-21 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.856, -75.865
- vessel
- M/V MEISTER STERSINGER
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
M/V Meister Stersinger; Virginia Beach, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1. During the night of December 16, 1987, the 700-foot long coal carrier, Meister Stersinger, ran hard aground at high tide on sand bottom about half a mile off the Cape Henry light house in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The vessel was fully laden with coal and carried 235,000 gallons of bunker fuel in its double bottom. USCG district 5. 2. COMMODITY: COAL, BUNKER FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 235000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 36.856N 075.865W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6530: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6530
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 3 messages since 1987-12-07 · closed 1988-01-06
- Virginia beach, virginia this message1987-12-07 → 1987-12-21
- At 1400 on december 10, 1987, the U.S1987-12-10 → 1987-12-24
- Huntsman chemical Company1; chesapeake, virginia1987-12-23 → 1988-01-06
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Spills
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