Navy Bangor Spill; Hood Canal, WA

Hood Canal, WA | 2014-Feb-11

Initial Notification: On February 11, 2014, the NOAA SSC was notified by USCG Sector Puget Sound of a slick in the Hood Canal, near the Hood Canal bridge. The slick was eventually connected to Naval Base Kitsap, which had a spill incident on 10 Feb. The spill was initially reported as 100-150 gallons, later revised to 2000 gallons, of oily water from a failure in the transfer system on the pier on the afternoon of Feb. 10. The USCG requested weather, tides and currents.