T/V Western Lion; Galveston, Texas

Galveston, Texas | 1997-Oct-08

Initial Notification: At 2012, October 8, 1997, the T/V Western Lion reported a sheen in the water approximately 60 miles offshore Galveston Texas. The Western Lion was carrying 1,700,000 barrels of Nigerian crude. Evidently the vessel had suffered a stress crack in at least one tank and was leaking "saucer-sized globs" of oil as she moved with the swells. USCG district 8. Keyword: potential.