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Port moller, alaska
F/V Tarpon; Port Moller, Alaska · NOAAORR-6702
- issued
- 1989-06-19 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1989-07-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1989-07-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Bering Sea
- position
- 55.914, -160.582
- vessel
- F/V TARPON
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
F/V TARPON; Port Moller, Alaska. Port Moller, Alaska. 1. Early in the morning on June 19, 1989, the TARPON, a double-bottomed, 175-foot fishing supply vessel, ran aground at high tide on the sand bar south of Port Moller. None of the vessel's 30,000 gallons of diesel fuel was reported in the water. USCG district 17. 2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 30000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 55.914N 160.582W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6702: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6702
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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