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Saltery cove, clarence strait, se alaska

L/c Saltery Provider; Saltery Cove, Clarence Strait, Se Alaska · NOAAORR-7874

issued
2008-08-18 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2008-09-01 00:00Z
self-cancels
2008-09-01 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
55.402, -132.331
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

L/C Saltery Provider; Saltery Cove, Clarence Strait, SE Alaska.
Saltery Cove, Clarence Strait, SE Alaska.
1. The L/C Saltery Provider carrying a fuel truck with 2500 gallons of diesel to a lodge on the west side of Clarance Strait in Saltery Cove capsized at the dock at the lodge and sank in 30 feet of water where it rests on its port side. The fuel truck is loosely attached to the L/C via its crane and is currently resting vertically beneath the water. Diesel is slowly burping to the surface from the vessel which has 3000 gallons. The tank truck is not leaking. Coast Guard have requested both weather and trajectory information. The OSRO SEAPRO from Ketchikan is responding. This is the height of the pink salmon run, and their are two salmon streams in Saltery Cove.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5500 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 55.402N 132.331W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7874: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7874

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