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Navy carrier Coral Sea and T/V; Cuba

Cuba | 1985-Apr-18

Initial Notification: The Navy carrier Coral Sea and a tanker collided S. of Cuba @ 1900 on 4/11. An estimated 7600 bbls of #6 crude was lost. The tanker went into Guantanamo Bay the whereabouts of the carrier is unknown. CG had oil sightings on 4/17 and 4/18.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Latitude (approximate): 19° 10.98′ North
Longitude (approximate): 74° 42.00′ West