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Sunshine cove, ak

M/V Pegasus; Sunshine Cove, Ak · NOAAORR-7678

issued
2007-07-25 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2007-08-08 00:00Z
self-cancels
2007-08-08 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
58.603, -134.926
vessel
M/V PEGASUS · 13 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Pegasus; Sunshine Cove, AK.
Sunshine Cove, AK.
1. The M/V Pegasus, a 61' landing craft hauling two containers filled with more than 40,000 pounds of explosives, capsized Tuesday morning along Lynn Canal north of Juneau. The vessel grounded in Sunshine Cove north of Yankee Cove at 58.6035°N, 134.9255°W; it contains 1200 gallons of diesel, none of which was released. The vents were all plugged. The vessel, owned by Gumption Leasing, was mostly submerged standing upright with its stern pointing directly out of the water. The USCG and a salvage company are working to recover the boat, the diesel, and the cargo. No injuries were reported to the two people aboared the landing craft, which was en-route to the Kensington Gold Mine. Both the diesel and the explosives were successfully removed from the vessel, and the vessel was refloated.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1200 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 58.603N 134.926W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7678: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7678

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