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Womans bay, kodiak, alaska

F/V Windrunner; Womans Bay, Kodiak, Alaska · NOAAORR-6848

issued
1991-11-24 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1991-12-08 00:00Z
self-cancels
1991-12-08 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
57.700, -152.533
vessel
F/V WINDRUNNER
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

F/V Windrunner; Womans Bay, Kodiak, Alaska.
Womans Bay, Kodiak, Alaska.
1. On November 24, 1991, personnel at the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Kodiak Air Station reported a large oil sheen emanating from the fishing vessel Windrunner, which had been derelict and abandoned for more than a year. Investigators reported that the vessel was lying on its port side leaking fuel. A helicopter flight reported several large pockets of sheen scattered in Womans Bay and that the shoreline had been slightly impacted from Brun Point to Blodgett Island. USCG district 17. Keyword: rocky shoreline.
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 57.700N 152.533W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6848: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6848

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