Spills · oil
M/V sunbird aground in buzzards bay; wilkes ledge, buzzards bay, ma
NOAAORR-9078
- issued
- 1985-10-30 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1985-11-13 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1985-11-13 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 41.513, -70.913
- vessel
- M/V SUNBIRD
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
M/V Sunbird aground In Buzzards Bay; Wilkes Ledge, Buzzards Bay, MA. Wilkes Ledge, Buzzards Bay, MA. 1. The Ship Sunbird ran aground on Wilkes Ledge In In Buzzards Bay. It Had A Cargo of 50 Tins Of #4- It has A Slow Leak. Slick Reported 45 mins after grounding was 1000 yds x 500 yds- norh. At 0940 PST, Sunbird refloated, had a water bottom- no more oil leaking. Damage Was To Be Surveyed b000y Divers. http://buzzardsbay.org/pastspills.htm 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 41.513N 070.913W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9078: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9078
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- 1 fernbrook st, yonkers, ny 107052026-07-03
- Montauk, ny, USA2026-06-25
- Winthrop, ma 02152, USA2026-06-05
- Provincetown, ma, USA2026-03-12
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Timeline · 20 messages since 1985-06-26 · closed 1986-01-05
- Spartina marsh asphalt spill; barnstable harbor, cape cod bay, ma1985-06-26 → 1985-07-10
- Buzzards bay, ma1985-07-12 → 1985-07-26
- Woods hole, ma1985-07-12 → 1985-07-26
- Buzzards bay, ma1985-07-13 → 1985-07-27
- Cuttyhunk island, ma1985-07-28 → 1985-08-11
- Fall river, ma1985-07-28 → 1985-08-11
- Watch pond, martha's vinyard, ny1985-07-31 → 1985-08-14
- Tanker lost 2 barrels; narragansett bay, ma1985-09-09 → 1985-09-23
- Aushnet river, ma1985-09-26 → 1985-10-10
- Wilkes ledge, buzzards bay, massachusetts1985-10-30 → 1985-11-13
- M/V sunbird aground in buzzards bay; wilkes ledge, buzzards bay, ma this message1985-10-30 → 1985-11-13
- Block island, ri1985-11-02 → 1985-11-16
- Mystery oil spill, block island sound; block island sound, rhode island1985-11-03 → 1985-11-17
- Buzzards bay, massachusetts1985-11-14 → 1985-11-28
- Buzzards bay, ma1985-11-14 → 1985-11-28
- Davisville, rhode island1985-11-19 → 1985-12-03
- E-24; block island sound, fishers island, new york1985-11-22 → 1985-12-06
- Barge e-24 long island sound; long island sound, ny1985-11-22 → 1985-12-06
- Vessel sinking in rhode island sound with 2000 gallons of diesel on board.1985-12-13 → 1985-12-27
- T/b E-24; "the race," long island sound, fishers island, new york1985-12-22 → 1986-01-05
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