Prince of wales isl., se alaska

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F/V Westward; Prince of Wales Isl., SE Alaska.
Prince of Wales Isl., SE Alaska.
1. On Feb. 17, 2008, the F/Vl Westward, an 82 ft wooden hulled fish tender built in 1943, grounded in the vicinity of Point Ildefonso on the SW side of Prince of Wales Island, 7 miles west of Klawock and 10 miles NW of Craig, discharging an unknown amount of diesel. At 6:30 a.m. a containment boom was set around the vessel by the Craig Harbormaster response boat (Josie J) to mitigate further discharge of oil. A CG helo conducted an overflight of the stricken vessel at approximately 8:50 a.m.and reported a 2.5 nautical mile long sheen coming off the vessel. The helo crew also reported the containment boom transported to the scene had been deployed. Meanwhile, the CG contracted with SEAPRO for site assessment and the SEAPRO oil spill response vessel M/V Rudyard Bay departed Ketchikan at 7:30 a.m. but did not arrive on-scene until night fall of that day. By early afternoon on Feb. 17, the [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL AND HYDRAULIC FLUID AND LUBE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5800 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 55.581N 133.277W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7777: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7777