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Dutch harbor, aleutian islands, alaska

M/V Swallow; Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · NOAAORR-6670

issued
1989-02-27 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1989-03-13 00:00Z
self-cancels
1989-03-13 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Bering Sea
position
53.900, -166.509
vessel
M/V SWALLOW · 2 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V SWALLOW; Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
1. On the morning of February 27, 1989, the SWALLOW, a 287-foot Japanese refrigerant fish cargo vessel, grounded just south of Ulakta Head, roughly ten miles north of Unalaska. The vessel was carrying approximately 65,000 gallons of Bunker C; 30,000 gallons of diesel; l 3,000 gallons of lube oil; and over 200 tons of frozen crab. Within a few days most of the diesel and some of the Bunker C had been lost. Because the vessel lost generating capability shortly after it grounded, the Bunker C fuel thickened, so that little fuel was actually lost. Booms were of little use in the surf zone where the vessel was grounded. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C, DIESEL, LUBE OIL, FROZEN CRAB. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 30000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 53.900N 166.509W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6670: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6670

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