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Cook inlet, alaska

T/v Coast Range; Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-6777

issued
1990-12-18 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1991-01-01 00:00Z
self-cancels
1991-01-01 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
59.964, -152.252
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V COAST RANGE; Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. During the early morning of December 17, 1990, the 635-foot tank vessel COAST RANGE broke loose from the Drift River Storage facility, spilling approximately 2,310 gallons of crude oil onto the deck and about 630 gallons into ice-covered Redoubt Bay. Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc. (CISPRI), the Cook Inlet industry oil spill cooperative, responded at first light. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 630 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 59.964N 152.252W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6777: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6777

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