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Virginia beach, virginia

T/v O.M.I Leader; Virginia Beach, Virginia · NOAAORR-6699

issued
1989-06-15 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1989-06-29 00:00Z
self-cancels
1989-06-29 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
36.856, -75.865
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V O.M.I Leader; Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
1. The 632-foot tanker, O.M.I. LEADER, carrying 9,630,000 gallons of number 6 fuel oil, ran aground five miles east of Virginia Beach, Virginia on around 2100, June 14, 1989. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Hampton Roads, advised the vessel to take no action, other than soundings, to pull the ship off the bottom until MSO investigators arrived. USCG district 5.
2. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 9630000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 36.856N 075.865W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6699: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6699

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Timeline · 2 messages since 1989-05-16 · closed 1989-06-29

  1. On may 15, 1989, a large storage tank failed at the chesapeake triport terminal facility, spilling an…1989-05-16 → 1989-05-30
  2. Virginia beach, virginia this message1989-06-15 → 1989-06-29

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