T/B Seaspan 824; Wrangell Narrows,Alaska

Wrangell Narrows,Alaska | 1987-Oct-27

Initial Notification: Early on October 27, 1987, the tank barge Seaspan 824, loaded with number 2 diesel, grounded in Wrangell Narrows in the vicinity of Battery Islets. When the barge refloated at 0400 and moved north through Wrangell Narrows, approximately 10,000 gallons of diesel were missing. At 0610, the Seaspan 824 was tied to a log boom approximately three miles south of the town of Petersburg. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment, Ketchikan, and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) personnel made overflights of the Narrows. The Coast Guard completed inspection of the barge by 1200 and determined that 16,500 gallons of diesel were missing. USCG district 17.