F/V Windrunner; Womans Bay, Kodiak, Alaska

Womans Bay, Kodiak, Alaska | 1991-Nov-24

Initial Notification: On November 24, 1991, personnel at the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Kodiak Air Station reported a large oil sheen emanating from the fishing vessel Windrunner, which had been derelict and abandoned for more than a year. Investigators reported that the vessel was lying on its port side leaking fuel. A helicopter flight reported several large pockets of sheen scattered in Womans Bay and that the shoreline had been slightly impacted from Brun Point to Blodgett Island. USCG district 17. Keyword: rocky shoreline.