F/V Neahkanie; Whidbey Island, WA

Whidbey Island, WA | 2013-Jun-04

Initial Notification: USCG Sector Puget Sound notified the NOAA NWRRT representative and NOAA SSC that the F/V Neahkanie ran aground early this morning, 4 June 2013, north of Lagoon Point on Whidbey Island in Washington. No fuel has been released from the 97-foot long vessel and USCG indicated the risk of release is low. The potential aboard the vessel is 5000-7000 gallons of diesel. USCG has requested a trajectory for a worst-case scenario discharge of 7000 gallons of diesel and the weather forecast.