Spills
Nantucket sound, massachusetts
F/V Harry Glen; Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts · NOAAORR-6659
- issued
- 1989-01-29 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1989-02-12 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1989-02-12 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 41.142, -70.097
- vessels
- FISHING VESSEL FAILED · 5 messagesF/V HARRY GLEN
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
F/V HARRY GLEN; Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. 1. On January 29, 1989, the 53-foot, wooden fishing vessel HARRY GLEN sank in the open ocean nine miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Attempts to save the fishing vessel failed. The vessel's tanks contained an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 41.142N 070.097W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6659: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6659
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