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Dam neck, virginia

Dam Neck Beach Minor Mystery Spill; Dam Neck, Virginia · NOAAORR-6965

issued: 1993-10-14 00:00Z
status: cancelled 1993-10-28 00:00Z
self-cancels: 1993-10-28 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 36.862, -75.873
vessel: USS RECOVERY OF A MYSTERY OIL
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Dam Neck Beach Minor Mystery Spill; Dam Neck, Virginia.
Dam Neck, Virginia.
1. On October 13, 1993, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Office (MSO) Hampton Roads received notification from the Navy's USS Recovery of a mystery oil slick approximately 50 yards wide and 1 mile long. This observation was collaborated by the USCG Cutter Cowslip and the fishing vessel (F/V) Bobbi Lee. These ships described the slick as a 2-mile square of thick, black emulsion four miles east of Rudee Inlet. USCG district 5. Keyword: sorbent boom, sorbent, FLIR.
2. COMMODITY: WASTE OIL.
3. POSITION 36.862N 075.873W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6965: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6965

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