F/V Knight Island; Cape Ugat, NW side of Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cape Ugat, NW side of Kodiak Island, Alaska | 1994-Aug-02

Initial Notification: The fishing vessel Knight Island capsized and sank approximately one mile off Cape Ugat on Kodiak Island, August 2, 1994, in 15 to 20 fathoms of water. The vessel had 6,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 200 gallons of gasoline in drums onboard. The USCG cutter Sedge was onscene and recovered the five 55-gallon drums of gasoline and observed diesel bubbling to the surface at an estimated rate of 3 to 5 gallons per minute creating a sheen 1,300 yards by 1,600 yards, moving northwesterly away from the beach; it was dissipating rapidly. The winds were light and variable throughout the incident. Weather (low ceilings and fog) hampered overflights after the initial view until the third day when an overflight observed the sheen largely dissipated with no impact of oil on surrounding beach areas. No impacts were reported. USCG district 17. Keyword: none.