T/S SEA KING; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia

Chesapeake Bay, Virginia | 1988-Oct-24

Initial Notification: Just after midnight on October 24, 1988, the 850-foot tank ship SEA KING, carrying 20,000,000 gallons of Arabian crude oil, ran aground at the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Virginia. Although three-fourths of the vessel length was aground on the mud/sand bottom, refloating was expected to occur without incident. On the third attempt, five tugs helped refloat the SEA KING at 0645 on October 25, 1989. No pollution to the environment occurred. The vessel proceeded to the Sewell's Point anchorage for a bottom survey. USCG district 5.