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FV ARIES sunk, Offshore of Umpqua Bar, OR

At 0330 PST The NOAA SSC was contacted about a potential spill off of the Oregon Coast, 1.5 miles offshore of Umqua River Bar entrance. The 32' wooden hull FV ARIES went down, but did not release any...

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Platform Fire SP 93 B, Gulf of Mexico south of Miss R. (LA)

At 1430CDT the NOAA SSC for District 8 was called by MSU Morgan City to request a trajectory forecast for a potential spill if a burning tank on a platform in the Gulf should release its contents into...

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Fish Market Barge Sinking, Potomac River, Washington, DC

BACKGROUND: On Tuesday, 05 JUN, at approx 12:45pm, Coast Guard Sector Baltimore was notified of a barge splitting in half in the fish market area of Southwest DC (Washington Channel) with oil in the...

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Army Corps vessel, NW of Eureka, CA

On the afternoon of 06-JUNE-2012, the USCG District 11 Command Center notified the NOAA SSC of an Army Corps of Engineers vessel that had reported a loss of 90-110 gallons of hydraulic fluid from one...

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Pipeline Leak, Off Atchafalaya Bay, LA

On 07JUN12, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC about a 8 inch natural gas pipeline that has been breached and is leaking condensate and gas. The reported position is about 6 miles offshore and in...

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M/V Monterrey, Chiniak Bay, Kodiak, AK

At 0600 ADT on June 9, Sector Anchorage notified the Alaskan SSC that the 175', 495 gross tons, M/V Monterrey landing craft had grounded adjacent to Puffin Island located in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak,...

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Pleasure Craft Revenge, Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island, CA

On the afternoon of 10-JUNE-2012, USCG Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara contacted their NOAA SSC about the vessel REVENGE that had sunk just off Carrington Point on Santa Rosa Island, CA. The...

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MV Jireh, Mona Island, PR

On June 21, 2012, NOAA was notified of the grounding of the M/V Jireh on the west shore of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. The 200-foot vessel was reported aground this morning at 0700 local time. The vessel...

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500 lbs Propane Tanks, Duluth, MN

On June 23, 2012 at 1142(eastern), USCG MSU Duluth contacted the SSC. Recent flooding has caused at least three residential propane tanks containing up to 500 pounds or propane to break free from their...

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F/V sunk, Yaquina Bay bar entrance, OR

At 0300 PDT 23 July USCG contacted NOAA SSC and reported a F/V sunk off the North jetty of the Yaquina Bay bar entrance in Oregon. The vessel was reported to have sunk at 2243 PDT. There is a potential...

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Mystery Sheen, South Marsh Island Block 112, Offshore LA

On 23MAY2012, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted the NOAA SSC about a mystery sheen discovered by BSEE during an unrelated flight. The sheen is approximately 65 miles offshore, due south of Marsh Island....

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Tug MADISON, South Lake Huron, near the entrance to St Clair River, MI

On 19 JULY 2012 (time unknown), Sector Detroit received report of a 110' Dredge and 38' Tug sank in Lake Huron. Tug DRUMMOND ISLANDER II (Flag: US) and Tug MADISON (Flag: US) were pushing a 110' dredge...

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F/V Two Mikes sunk, Yaquina Bay bar entrance, OR

At 0300 PDT 23 July USCG contacted NOAA SSC and reported the 48-foot F/V 'Two Mikes' sunk off the North jetty of the Yaquina Bay bar entrance in Oregon. The vessel was reported to have sunk at 2243...

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FV Mary Kay, Cape Chacon, SE Alaska

ERD was notified by CG MSD Ketchikan around noon on July 27, 2012,that the 78' FV Mary Kay sank in 85 fathoms of water immediately south of Cape Chacon at the southern end of SE Alaska with 2450...

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Pipeline Leak-Eugene Isl 305, GOM 60mi SE of Timbalier Bay, LA

MSU Morgan City contacted the NOAA SSC regarding the fate and trajectory for a leak in a 14" crude oil pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico 64 mi SE of Timbalier Bay. The leak is currently minor and only...

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Mystery Sheen Vermillian 51, GOMEX, 13mi south of LA Coast

On Saturday, 28Jul12, USCG Morgan City contacted the SSC to request fate of a silvery sheen 2mix1mi in Lease Block Vermillion 51, approximately 13mi south of the LA coastline. Sheen was sighted from an...

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FV View Point, Prince of Wales Bay, SE Alaska

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...

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Sunken NPS work boat, Adelup, Guam

USCG Sector Guam notified the NOAA SSC on July 29 that an 18-foot US National Park Service work boat had capsized and was aground on reef at Asa Beach in Adelup, Guam. The vessel was carrying 25...

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TCI Fire, Ghent, NY

On August 2, 2012, a fire at transformer recycling company in Columbia County, NY, resulted in a release of an unknown amount of chemicals, including PCB-laden oil and combustion by-products. A 15 mile...

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M/V Ocean Crescent , GOMEX south of Pensacola, FL

At 2353 PDT USCG Sector Mobile, AL contacted the NOAA ERD duty officer to request a trajectory for an oil spill. The master of the M/V Ocean Crescent reported to the CG (at 2300PDT) spilling 7.3 cubic...

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