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On november 9, 1998, uscg station freeport received a cellular phone call from the F/V joyce
Sunken Vessel; Freeport, Texas · Freeport, Texas · NOAAORR-7351
- issued
- 1998-11-09 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1998-11-23 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1998-11-23 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.630, -95.620
- vessel
- F/V JOYCE · 2 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Sunken Vessel; Freeport, Texas. Freeport, Texas. 1. On November 9, 1998, USCG Station Freeport received a cellular phone call from the F/V Joyce. She was listing hard to port and taking on water in 8- to10-foot seas southeast of Freeport, Texas. Fearing the vessel would sink, the three crew members were safely hoisted by a USCG HH-65 and taken to shore. NOAA was notified of this incident by MSO Galveston who requested a tactical trajectory and evaluation of the potential environmental threat of spilled diesel. The fishing vessel was reported sunk about 1 mile off the Texas coast, just south of Freeport. The vessel had 3, 00 gallons of diesel fuel onboard. NOAA provided detailed trajectory implications. Subsequent overflights identified the vessel as awash, but not sunk. There were no reports of oil leaking from the vessel and the vessel was salvaged. USCG district 8. Keyword: none. 2. COMMODITY: MARINE DIESEL2. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 28.630N 095.620W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7351: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7351
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Timeline · 4 messages since 1998-11-04 · closed 1998-11-23
- Noaa was notified of this incident on november 4, 1998, by mso galveston who requested a trajectory and…1998-11-04 → 1998-11-18
- Group galveston reported that F/V miss conch was taking on water about 11 nm south west of freeport, tx1998-11-04 → 1998-11-18
- On 9 november, station freeport received a cellular phone call from the F/V joyce1998-11-09 → 1998-11-23
- On november 9, 1998, uscg station freeport received a cellular phone call from the F/V joyce this message1998-11-09 → 1998-11-23
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