Paulsboro, new jersey

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T/V Kentucky; Paulsboro, New Jersey.
Paulsboro, New Jersey.
1. About 1155 on July 18, 1994, the T/V Kentucky was reported trailing a 400- by 6-foot blackish sheen on the Delaware River while docked at the Mobil Paulsboro, New Jersey refinery. Weather was light haze, visibility about five miles, temperature 95?F, winds 12 knots from the south, and calm seas. The vessel arrived at the dock with some bottom damage,;apparently she hit a submerged object. An estimate of 40 to 50 gallons of oil was initially thought lost. The vessel was boomed and lightering of suspected tanks (#3 port cargo tank [PCT] and #4 port ballast tank [PBT]) began. A diver's inspection reported a 2- by 10-foot breech of the hull in #3 PCT above the bilge knuckle, and 30 feet of the bilge keel missing. At 2135 on July 19 it was reported that oil had breached the containment boom and 200 to 300 barrels were in the water. It was believed that while offloading the cargo in the [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: ARABIAN LIGHT CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 12600 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.850N 075.250W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7028: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7028