Spills · grounding
Pearl harbor, hi
USS Port Royal; Pearl Harbor, Hi · NOAAORR-7965
- issued
- 2009-02-06 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-02-20 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-02-20 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 21.297, -157.922
- vessel
- USS PORT ROYAL
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
USS Port Royal; Pearl Harbor, HI. Pearl Harbor, HI. 1. U.S Coast Guard Sector Honolulu notified the NOAA SSC that the USS Port Royal, a Pearl Harbor-based navy guided missile cruiser, is hard aground at the entrance to Pearl Harbor at coordinates 21 degrees 17.48 north, 157 degrees 55.23 west. The location is approximately a half a mile south of Honolulu Airport's Reef Runway and a mile and a half from the entrance of Pearl Harbor. No oil has been released at this time. The vessel is taking on water, however, the water is contained in the space adjacent to the sonar array. It is believed that only the sonar array is aground. Operations to free the vessel, reportedly grounded on sand and crushed coral rock, are in progress. The vessel is reported to be carrying 250,000 gallons of navy marine diesel and 1000 gallons of JP5 aboard. 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: NAVY MARINE DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 250000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 21.297N 157.922W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7965: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7965
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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