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M/V kure (grounding); 100 yards off the south jetty, entrance channel, humboldt bay, ca

NOAAORR-7281

issued
1998-03-14 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1998-03-28 00:00Z
self-cancels
1998-03-28 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
40.765, -124.246
vessel
M/V KURE · 2 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Kure (grounding); 100 yards off the South Jetty, Entrance Channel, Humboldt Bay, CA.
100 yards off the South Jetty, Entrance Channel, Humboldt Bay, CA.
1. At about 1300, 14 March 1998, USCG Group Humboldt Bay reported to the MSO San Francisco that the M/V Kure was hard aground on a sandy shoal approximately 100 yards off the south jetty of the entrance channel to Humboldt Bay. The vessel was loaded with wood chips and carried 250,000 gallons of IFO 180 aboard. The vessel tanks were sounded, and no pollution was reported at the time of the grounding. The MSO notified the NOAA SSC to be on stand-by to come on-scene in the event oil was released. Assist tugs were arranged, and the vessel was refloated with out incident the next day. USCG district 11. Keyword: potential spill.
2. COMMODITY: POTENTIAL IFO 180. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 250000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.765N 124.246W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7281: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7281

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