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On june 23, 1995, en route from skagway to juneau, the 800-foot cruise vessel, M/V star princess, owned by…

M/V Star Princess; Juneau, Alaska · Juneau, Alaska · NOAAORR-7101

issued
1995-06-23 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1995-07-07 00:00Z
self-cancels
1995-07-07 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
58.385, -134.648
vessel
M/V STAR PRINCESS
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Star Princess; Juneau, Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska.
1. On June 23, 1995, en route from Skagway to Juneau, the 800-foot cruise vessel, M/V Star Princess, owned by Princess Cruises, Inc., grounded on Poundstone Rock, 25 miles northwest of Juneau. The 800-foot cruise vessel had 271,000 gallons of IFO-380 and 2,000 passengers onboard. Several gashes in the hull causef breaching of several fuel and non-fuel tanks; however, less than 100 gallons of fuel were lost, and the vessel made it 15 miles farther south to Auke Bay with no further fuel release. In Auke Bay, the vessel dropped anchor and was surrounded with boom to catch additional releases. None occurred. A sheen extended south of Poundstone Rock for a few miles amid conflicting reports of whether it contained any recoverable oil. Brisk winds and choppy seas at the grounding site combined to rapidly disperse the oil slick and no recovery was attempted. At Auke Bay the weather was calm with [...]
2. COMMODITY: IFO-380. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 100 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 58.385N 134.648W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7101: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7101

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