Spills · derelict

Western lake erie, ohio

Tank Barge Argo; Western Lake Erie, Ohio · NOAAORR-9177

issued
2015-09-16 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2015-09-30 00:00Z
self-cancels
2015-09-30 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
position
41.639, -82.493
vessel
BARGE ARGO · 6 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Tank Barge Argo; Western Lake Erie, Ohio.
Western Lake Erie, Ohio.
1. On October 20, 1937, the tank barge Argo foundered in a storm and sank in western Lake Erie. At the time of the sinking, the barge was reportedly loaded with 4,762 barrels of crude oil and benzol. The vessel was identified in the 2013 NOAA RULET (Remediation of Underwater Legacy Environmental Threats) report and database as potential pollution threat, but the exact location of the wreck was unknown. Recently the vessel was located, confirmed to be in U.S. waters of Lake Erie, and appears from side-scan sonar survey imagery to be intact and may be periodically leaking.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL, BENZOL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 200000 GALLONS. TAGS: DERELICT, HISTORIC WRECK.
3. POSITION 41.639N 082.493W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9177: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9177

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