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Onslow bay, shackleford banks, north carolina
USS Wasp; Onslow Bay, Shackleford Banks, North Carolina · NOAAORR-7029
- issued
- 1994-07-19 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1994-08-02 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1994-08-02 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.633, -76.650
- vessel
- USS WASP
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
USS Wasp; Onslow Bay, Shackleford Banks, North Carolina. Onslow Bay, Shackleford Banks, North Carolina. 1. On July 19, 1994, MSO Wilmington received a report of a 200- to 2,000-gallon JP-5 discharge from the USS Wasp in Onslow Bay, Shackleford Banks, North Carolina. The sheen was one-quarter mile wide by one-half mile long. The discharge came from a well deck but it had been stopped. The Commanding Officer of the Wasp took the vessel more than 50 miles off shore where the 1,000 gallons of oil and water remaining on deck were washed overboard. USCG district 5. Keyword: none. 2. COMMODITY: JP-5. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 34.633N 076.650W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7029: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7029
This area · spills & pollution incidents
223 within 180 nm since 1984 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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Timeline · 4 messages since 1994-07-19 · closed 1994-11-16
- Onslow bay, shackleford banks, north carolina this message1994-07-19 → 1994-08-02
- F-14 downed, naval air station oceana; big porpoise bay, pamlico river, north carolina1994-08-26 → 1994-09-09
- Fulchers point pride seafood; oriental harbor, neuse river, north carolina1994-09-22 → 1994-10-06
- Newport river, morehead city, north carolina1994-11-02 → 1994-11-16
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