Spills
Holden, north carolina
F/V Pathfinder; Holden, North Carolina · NOAAORR-7062
- issued
- 1994-11-16 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1994-11-30 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1994-11-30 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 33.917, -78.278
- vessel
- F/V PATHFINDER · 9 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
F/V Pathfinder; Holden, North Carolina. Holden, North Carolina. 1. On November 15, 1994, MSO Wilmington received a report from USCG Station Oak Island of an oil sheen approximately one-mile long in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW). The sheen was reportedly coming from a vessel, believed to be the F/V Pathfinder, that had been hauled up on the beach and was being dismantled. At the time of the release all that remained of the vessel were piles of oily debris and an oil-contaminated shoreline. USCG district 5. Keyword: sorbent boom, pompoms. 2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. 3. POSITION 33.917N 078.278W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7062: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7062
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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