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Lumber Barge capsized Hawaii; Hawaii

Hawaii | 1985-Dec-04

Initial Notification: A barge with 3mil board ft of Lumber capsized 500 miles north of Hawaii on 11/8/85. The barge was tracked for about 2 weeks and them it was lost- last positon was 27 37 0B, 151 53 0W. The barge tracked in a circle and covered about 300 miles. A ytrajector was requested by the barge's insurance company to determine where the barge is now so a signal could be put on it.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Other
Latitude (approximate): 27° 59.77′ North
Longitude (approximate): 155° 4.47′ West