Spills · grounding
Prince of wales bay, se alaska
FV View Point; Prince of Wales Bay, Se Alaska · NOAAORR-8485
- issued
- 2012-07-29 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2012-08-12 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2012-08-12 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
- position
- 54.832, -131.928
- vessels
- FV MARY KAY · 2 messagesFV VIEW POINT
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
FV View Point; Prince of Wales Bay, SE Alaska. Prince of Wales Bay, SE Alaska. 1. Early on the morning of July 29, NOAA received a report from Coast Guard MSD Ketchikan that the FV View Point had grounded and taken on water and sank in 200 fathoms of water in Gardner Bay, part of South Prince of Wales Bay, with 400 gallons of diesel on board. One POB had evacuated the vessel and was saved by a Good Sam. Due to the dramatic similarities to the FV Mary Kay sinking just two days ago, the trajectory and fate analysis were essentially identical. CG and ADFG will be overflying the site later today to evaluate the size and scope of the problem due to a commercial fishing opening on Monday. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 400 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 54.832N 131.928W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8485: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8485
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Satellite image anomaly off prince of wales island; gulf of alaska, alaska2026-07-24
- On july 23, 2026, the U.S2026-07-23
- Ketchikan, ak, USA2026-06-23
- Coast guard MH-60 helicopter, air station sitka; sitka, alaska2026-06-22
- Ketchikan, ak 99901, USA2026-03-05
- 103 metlakatla st, sitka, ak 99835, USA2026-01-12
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2012-07-27 · closed 2012-08-12
- Cape chacon, se alaska2012-07-27 → 2012-08-10
- Prince of wales bay, se alaska this message2012-07-29 → 2012-08-12
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