Gulf of alaska

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UTV Seaspan Commodore; Gulf of Alaska.
Gulf of Alaska.
1. Due to heavy seas on February 11, 1999, the F/B Seaspan Rigger, being pulled by the UTV Seaspan Commodore, lost her deck cargo of logs into the northeastern Gulf of Alaska (GOA) about 38 nautical miles (nm) west of Cape Spencer. On-scene conditions were 55-knot winds, 30-foot seas, snow, icing conditions, and 1/4 nm visibility. The quantity of logs was quite large-200 to 400 log bundles of 80 to 100 logs per bundle. The logs were 41 to 45 feet long and 4 to 15 inches in diameter; each bundle weighed approximate 27 tons. The USCG deemed these logs a hazard to navigation of TAPS tankers, container vessels, and maritime traffic in the GOA. Initially the logs were in MSO Juneau's zone and, along with the Seventeenth District Coast Guard Operations Center in Juneau, requested that NOAA provide weather forecasts and predict trajectories of the logs to monitor the position of the logs help [...]
2. COMMODITY: BUNDLES OF LOGS.
3. POSITION 58.003N 137.629W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7382: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7382