FV Swordman; Pearl, HI

Pearl, HI | 2000-Jun-05

Initial Notification: MSO Honolulu contacted NOAA Hazmat on June 5th and reported that the steel-hulled, fishing vessel SWORDMAN 1 had run aground on the coral reef that fringes Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Western Hawaiian Archipelago (27?-49' N / 175?-45'W). The vessel is a long-liner, is 77-feet in length and has a storage capacity of 10,000 gallons of fuel; however, the vessel's owner claims currently that SWORDMAN 1 is carrying only 6,000 gallons of diesel. The report is that no oil has entered the water as of yet and that the on-scene weather conditions are calm. USCG district 14.