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Nantucket island, massachusetts

C/v Pol America; Nantucket Island, Massachusetts · NOAAORR-7193

issued: 1997-04-02 00:00Z
status: cancelled 1997-04-16 00:00Z
self-cancels: 1997-04-16 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 41.804, -69.700
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

C/V Pol America; Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
1. The container vessel (C/V) Pol America lost ten containers over the side on the night of March 31, 1997, 10 miles off Nausett Beach in Massachusetts The contents were not immediately available, with the exception of bags of candy that were washing ashore on Nantucket Island and Cape Cod. USCG district 1. Keyword: none.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CONTAINERS.
3. POSITION 41.804N 069.700W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7193: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7193

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