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Gravesend bay, new york

T/v Eagle Baltimore; Gravesend Bay, New York · NOAAORR-7479

issued
2000-03-20 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2000-04-03 00:00Z
self-cancels
2000-04-03 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.600, -74.017
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V Eagle Baltimore; Gravesend Bay, New York.
Gravesend Bay, New York.
1. At approximately 1245 EST today 3/20/00, USCG Activities New York was notified that the T/V Eagle Baltimore was aground in Gravesend Bay Anchorage, outside of the Narrows in New York Harbor. The double-hulled tanker is carrying 599,000 barrels of Hibernia crude oil. No oil has been released at this time. The NOAA SSC was notified and is providing trajectory analysis, weather and tide forecasts, and ADIOS output. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: HIBERNIA CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 25200000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.600N 074.017W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7479: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7479

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