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Trading bay, upper cook inlet, alaska

M/V Alaska Constructor; Trading Bay, Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-6630

issued
1988-11-02 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1988-11-16 00:00Z
self-cancels
1988-11-16 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.864, -151.108
vessels
M/V ALASKA CONSTRUCTORSUPPLY VESSEL EN
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Alaska Constructor; Trading Bay, Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Trading Bay, Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. At approximately 0830 on November 2, 1988, an explosion ripped through the Alaska Constructor, a 113-foot supply vessel en route from Anchorage to Trading Bay to deliver fuel to an earth-moving operation. The explosion occurred while the vessel was aground at Trading Bay. A tank truck containing 3,000 gallons of gasoline immediately caught fire on the vessel's deck. The Alaska Constructor also had 7,000 gallons of gasoline and 11,000 gallons of diesel in tanks below the deck. The Nikiski Fire Department, workboats in the vicinity, and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter responded to the blaze. One man escaped overboard in the shallow water, while three others remained trapped aboard the vessel. Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. activated the Cook Inlet Response Organization, which sent two vessels and a fireproof boom to curb any pollution. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE, DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 18000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 60.864N 151.108W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6630: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6630

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Timeline · 3 messages since 1988-11-02 · closed 1988-12-26

  1. Trading bay, upper cook inlet, alaska this message1988-11-02 → 1988-11-16
  2. Upper cook inlet, alaska1988-11-14 → 1988-11-28
  3. Nikiski, cook inlet, alaska1988-12-12 → 1988-12-26

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