F/V Resolve; New Bedford, Massachusetts

New Bedford, Massachusetts | 1987-Jan-03

Initial Notification: On January 2, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Providence, Rhode Island received a report that a sheen of diesel oil was emanating from the sunken fishing vessel Resolve into New Bedford Harbor. In addition, the approximately thirty 55-gallon drums aboard the vessel were believed to contain bilge slops, bait, and seawater, the marking and labeling of the drums suggested that they contained a hazardous chemical. USCG district 1.