Barge Stern Adrift; Offshore, OR

Offshore, OR | 2003-Dec-20

Initial Notification: MSO Portland called at 1030 on 12/20/2003 to request a trajectory for a 20 foot barge stern adrift approximately 6 1/4 nautical miles northwest of the mouth of the Columbia River. No product was aboard the drifting stern. Verbal and written trajectories were provided, as well as a weather forecast. A tug successfully recovered the stern by late afternoon.