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Upper cook inlet, alaska

M/V Sun Tide; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-6960

issued
1993-08-23 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1993-09-06 00:00Z
self-cancels
1993-09-06 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
61.000, -151.000
vessel
M/V SUN TIDE
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Sun Tide; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. At 0300 on August 23, 1993, the spill response vessel, M/V Sun Tide collided with the ARCO jack-up drilling rig, Gilbert Rowe, and ruptured a diesel fuel tank releasing 6,000 gallons into Upper Cook Inlet between the North Forelands and Possession Point. The first overflight at daylight reported a one- by two-mile rainbow sheen. Subsequent overflights showed the product to be dispersing and evaporating rapidly and by early afternoon the sheen had nearly disappeared. The vessel laid out its own boom and CISPRI deployed 18 response vessels, including nine fishing boats to tow boom. Weather was mild with light winds and a two-foot chop on the water. USCG district 17. Keyword: evaporation.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 61.000N 151.000W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6960: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6960

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