F/V Grounding; Umpqua River, OR

Umpqua River, OR | 2003-Jan-14

Initial Notification: On Tuesday Jan. 14, 2003 at 0900, MSO Portland reported a fishing vessel that is aground 1.5 nautical miles north of the north jetty at the mouth of the Umpqua River. The vessel is hard aground in sand with 4000 gallons of diesel on board. Two days later, the vessel was refloated. No damage to the hull and no pollution in the water.