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Sequam island, aleutian island chain, alaska

M/V Northern Wind; Sequam Island, Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska · NOAAORR-7106

issued
1995-07-24 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1995-08-07 00:00Z
self-cancels
1995-08-07 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Bering Sea
position
52.378, -172.433
vessel
M/V NORTHERN WIND
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Northern Wind; Sequam Island, Aleutian Island chain, Alaska.
Sequam Island, Aleutian Island chain, Alaska.
1. The M/V Northern Wind, a 178-foot fish processing vessel, ran aground on the northeastern side of Seguam Island holing the #1 port and starboard fuel tanks containing approximately 60,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The vessel owner, Arctic Alaska Seafoods in Dutch Harbor, sent a spill response team with equipment to the grounding site by the F/T American Enterprise. Within 12 hours the vessel floated free from the rocks and anchored one-half mile from the grounding site. An estimated 20 to 25 thousand gallons of diesel were lost, and the response vessel pumped another 20 to 25 thousand gallons from the two damaged tanks. An additional 75 thousand gallons of diesel remained in the undamaged stern tanks. The USCG Cutter Morgenthau was on-scene throughout the incident. USCG permission was granted to move the vessel 70 miles west to a sheltered bay on the east side of Atka Island for temporary [...]
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 25000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 52.378N 172.433W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7106: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7106

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