M/V Shirley L. Stapp; Robinsville, Mississippi

Robinsville, Mississippi | 1997-Jan-15

Initial Notification: On January 15, 1997, the USCG MSO Memphis received a report from the M/V Shirley L. Stapp that her forward of four barges being pushed ahead was aground on a dike (on the Arkansas side) at River Mile 717.2 on the Lower Mississippi River. The barge contained approximately 1.1 million gallons of gasoline in ten tanks. Initial observations indicated that the forward two tanks were holed. Total potential from these two tanks was about 200,000 gallons. It was later confirmed that four forward tanks were holed. USCG district 9. Keyword: potential.