Spills · collision
Strait of hormuz
USS New Orleans; Strait of Hormuz · NOAAORR-7997
- issued
- 2009-03-20 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-04-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-04-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 26.518, 56.151
- vessels
- USS HARTFORDUSS NEW ORLEANS · 3 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
USS New Orleans; Strait of Hormuz. Strait of Hormuz. 1. The USS New Orleans, a US Navy amphibious ship, collided with the USS Hartford, a US Navy submarine in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday morning at about 0100 local time. The collision resulted in an estimated release of 25,000 gallons of marine diesel oil. US Navy Supervisor of Salvage contacted the NOAA SSC as per a joint contingency plan and modeling estimates are being prepared. 2. THREAT: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 25000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 26.518N 056.151E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7997: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7997
This area · spills & pollution incidents
3 within 180 nm since 1972 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
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- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 55.9 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 84.4 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 84.9 nm
- Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 101.8 nm
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