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On sunday, december 2, 1990, 100 miles off puget sound, washington, the tanker vessel keystone canyon,…
T/v Keystone Canyon; Central California · Central California · NOAAORR-6775
- issued
- 1990-12-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1990-12-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1990-12-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 43.796, -126.770
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
T/V KEYSTONE CANYON; Central California. Central California. 1. On Sunday, December 2, 1990, 100 miles off Puget Sound, Washington, the tanker vessel KEYSTONE CANYON, carrying 859,000 barrels of Alaska North Slope crude oil, discovered a 20-foot vertical hull fracture near her #3 segregated ballast tank. No oil had spilled and immediate measures were taken to reduce flooding and dewater the tank. The captain of the ship reported the fracture to the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), San Francisco on December 3. The KEYSTONE CANYON planned to rendezvous with a salvage/diving tug and a lightering tanker 120 miles off San Francisco. USCG district 11. 2. COMMODITY: ALASKA NORTH SLOPE CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 36100000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 43.796N 126.770W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6775: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6775
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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