Barge STC 9; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland | 1988-Dec-06

Initial Notification: At approximately 2300 on December 5, 1988, the barge STC 9 was run aground by its tow on hard bottom two miles north of Poole Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The single skin barge carried a cargo of 22, 700 barrels of asphalt, heated at 280?F in eight tanks. USCG district 5.