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A barge with 3mil board ft of lumber capsized 500 miles north of hawaii on 11/8/85
Lumber Barge Capsized Hawaii; Hawaii · Hawaii · NOAAORR-9090
- issued
- 1985-12-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1985-12-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1985-12-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 27.996, -155.074
- vessel
- BARGE TRACKED
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Lumber Barge capsized Hawaii; Hawaii. Hawaii. 1. A barge with 3mil board ft of Lumber capsized 500 miles north of Hawaii on 11/8/85. The barge was tracked for about 2 weeks and them it was lost- last positon was 27 37 0B, 151 53 0W. The barge tracked in a circle and covered about 300 miles. A ytrajector was requested by the barge's insurance company to determine where the barge is now so a signal could be put on it. 2. THREAT: OTHER. 3. POSITION 27.996N 155.074W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9090: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9090
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