Dam Neck Beach Minor Mystery Spill; Dam Neck, Virginia

Dam Neck, Virginia | 1993-Oct-14

Initial Notification: On October 13, 1993, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Office (MSO) Hampton Roads received notification from the Navy's USS Recovery of a mystery oil slick approximately 50 yards wide and 1 mile long. This observation was collaborated by the USCG Cutter Cowslip and the fishing vessel (F/V) Bobbi Lee. These ships described the slick as a 2-mile square of thick, black emulsion four miles east of Rudee Inlet. USCG district 5. Keyword: sorbent boom, sorbent, FLIR.