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Mso honolulu contacted noaa hazmat on june 5th and reported that the steel-hulled, fishing vessel swordman 1…

FV Swordman; Pearl, Hi · Pearl, Hi · NOAAORR-7497

issued: 2000-06-05 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2000-06-19 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2000-06-19 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 27.817, -175.750
vessels: FV SWORDMAN FISHING VESSEL SWORDMAN 1
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

FV Swordman; Pearl, HI.
Pearl, HI.
1. MSO Honolulu contacted NOAA Hazmat on June 5th and reported that the steel-hulled, fishing vessel SWORDMAN 1 had run aground on the coral reef that fringes Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Western Hawaiian Archipelago (27?-49' N / 175?-45'W). The vessel is a long-liner, is 77-feet in length and has a storage capacity of 10,000 gallons of fuel; however, the vessel's owner claims currently that SWORDMAN 1 is carrying only 6,000 gallons of diesel. The report is that no oil has entered the water as of yet and that the on-scene weather conditions are calm. USCG district 14.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 27.817N 175.750W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7497: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7497

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