F/V Pathfinder; Holden, North Carolina

Holden, North Carolina | 1994-Nov-16

Initial Notification: On November 15, 1994, MSO Wilmington received a report from USCG Station Oak Island of an oil sheen approximately one-mile long in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW). The sheen was reportedly coming from a vessel, believed to be the F/V Pathfinder, that had been hauled up on the beach and was being dismantled. At the time of the release all that remained of the vessel were piles of oily debris and an oil-contaminated shoreline. USCG district 5. Keyword: sorbent boom, pompoms.