Spills · historic_wreck
Wreck 1487; se of nantucket
NOAAORR-9531
- issued
- 2017-07-10 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2017-07-24 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2017-07-24 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.102, -69.978
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Wreck 1487; SE of Nantucket. SE of Nantucket. 1. On July 10, 2017, the NOAA SSC was notified by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) of an anomaly on satellite images in Nantucket Sound that may be from oil sheen from one of several historic wrecks in the region. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL. TAGS: HISTORIC WRECK. 3. POSITION 40.102N 069.978W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9531: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9531
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