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The ss princess kathleen is a well-known wreck in the juneau area, which sunk on sept

Ss Princess Kathleen; Juneau, Alaska · Juneau, Alaska · NOAAORR-8199

issued: 2010-02-22 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2010-03-08 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2010-03-08 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position: 58.392, -134.767
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

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SS Princess Kathleen; Juneau, Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska.
1. The SS Princess kathleen is a well-known wreck in the Juneau area, which sunk on Sept. 7, 1952. The Princess Kathleen ran aground on Pt Lena just outside Juneau and then sank just off the point with an unknown quantity of Fuel oil in her tanks. From a time shortly after her sinking to today, she has been leaking fuel oil into the surrounding waters. Recent increases in the sightings of small oil blobs in the area of Lena Pt. resulted in Sector Juneau's decision to seriously evaluate the wreck for possible removal of the remaining fuel, which is very roughly estimated at 155,000 gallons of bunker C. On Feb. 16, 2010, Global Offshore Divers of Anchorage mobilized a three-man remote operated vehicle crew to Juneau in response to a request by the USCG, Sector Juneau's Incident management, to survey the wreck of this vessel. The survey lasted a total of three days from Feb. 17-19 with two [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: BUNKER C FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 155000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 58.392N 134.767W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8199: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8199

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