T/V Mormac Star; Sandy Hook, New Jersey

Sandy Hook, New Jersey | 1995-Feb-10

Initial Notification: At approximately 1930 on February 10, 1995, the USCG Group New York received a call from the Vessel Traffic Service informing them that the inbound T/V Mormac Star was hard aground next to Sandy Hook Channel between buoys 4 and 6 with her port side extending into the channel. The vessel was carrying 112,000 barrels of Jet A fuel and 135,000 barrels of #2 fuel oil. USCG district 1. Keyword: containment boom, evaporation, forward-looking infrared radar (FLIR).