FV Captain Lee II; South Texas coast

South Texas coast | 2001-Jul-20

Initial Notification: At approximately 1500 hrs NOAA was notified of a burning fishing vessel off South Texas coast. At 1315 hrs, the vessel was located at 26? 48.527 W Lat. 094? 07.969 N Long. and a drift and burning. The vessel is reported to be a 93' steel hulled boat with 25,000 gallons of diesel aboard. The crew have abandoned ship. MSO Corpus Christi has asked for a trajectory forecast for both the vessel and any spilled diesel. The NOAA SSC notified the Padre Island National Seashore Superintendent and the NOAA DAC Coordinator of the situation. USCG district 8.