F/V Lady Luck; Cape May, New Jersey

Cape May, New Jersey | 1996-Aug-11

Initial Notification: At approximately 0900 on August 11, 1996, the 71-foot commercial F/V Lady Luck sank in 230 feet of water about 70 miles east of Cape May, New Jersey. The weather at the time was calm winds, temperature 80?F, visibility at 12 miles. The seven people onboard were rescued before the vessel sank. The boat had about 7,500 gallons of diesel fuel onboard when it went down. Initially a 2-mile long by 200-foot wide slick was observed from the point of sinking. At 1745 an overflight from USCG Group Cape May indicated the sheen had reduced to 0.5 long by 0.25 nautical mile wide, drifting in a southerly direction. USCG district 5. Keyword: evaporation, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory.