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Upper cook inlet, alaska

M/V Monarch/granite Pt.platform; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-7950

issued
2009-01-15 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2009-01-29 00:00Z
self-cancels
2009-01-29 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.950, -151.480
vessel
M/V MONARCH · 5 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Monarch/Granite Pt.Platform; Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. Sector Anchorage notified the NOAA SSC at 0615, Thursday morning, that the Ocean Marine Services, Inc. workboat, the M/V Monarch, had become pinned against the leg of the Granite Pt. platform, as the combined result of a strong flood tidal current and extreme ice. The vessel has about 38,000 gallons of diesel onboard, is currently listing at around 30 degrees, and has been successfully abandoned. In addition, the Granite Pt. platform has been shut-in and abandoned, as the result of concern for possible damage to the platform. It appears that SSC may be headed on-scene. The CG and the SSC headed on-scene via a CG C-130 which overflew the Granite Pt. platform and the overturned Monarch hull just barely showing above the surface of the water. A couple of hours later it was reported that the Monarch had sunk to the seafloor in rougly 80 to 90 feet of water. Due to the ice and strong [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL AND GRANITE PT. CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 50000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 60.950N 151.480W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7950: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7950

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