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Crowley Tug Pathfinder   Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska   2009-Dec-23
Leaking Propane Tank   Vashon Island, WA   2009-Dec-20
CAPT MIKE, Sunken Vessel   Gulf of Mexico, off LA Coast   2009-Dec-06
Making Time   Ilwaco Harbor, WA   2009-Nov-22
FV Patricia Jean   Point Judith, RI   2009-Nov-21
CSL Assiniboine   St. Lawrence River, Canada/NY   2009-Nov-20
F/V Sea Wind   Toke Point, Willapa Bay, WA   2009-Nov-19
Mystery Slick Observed (NRC 923762)   Gulf of Mexico, Cameron Parish, LA   2009-Nov-16
La Princesa Barge Grounding   Sandbridge, VA (Virginia Beach)   2009-Nov-13
F/V Absolutely   Off Murrels Inlet South Carolina   2009-Nov-06
LOOP Buoy #3   Offshore Louisiana   2009-Nov-05
F/V Lisa Marie   Unimak Isl., E. Aleutians, Alaska   2009-Nov-05
T/V Titan Express   Miami River, Florida   2009-Nov-04
M/V PAC ALKAID Oil Spill   SW Pass, Mississippi Delta, GOM, LA   2009-Oct-30
T/V Dubai Star   San Francisco, CA   2009-Oct-30
F/V Carley Renee   Unalaska Isl., Aleutians, Alaska   2009-Oct-30
Humble Canal Oil Spill   Paradis, Louisiana   2009-Oct-29
Port Stewart   Yabacoa, Puerto Rico   2009-Oct-27
Gulf Cupeco Facility   San Juan, Puerto Rico   2009-Oct-23
Mystery spill   Charleston Harbor, SC   2009-Oct-20
T/V KRYMSK Oil Spill   Gulf of Mexico, Galveston Lightering Zone   2009-Oct-20
F/V Sea Dancer   Sand Point, Alaska   2009-Oct-14
F/V Lady Frances   Santa Cruz Island, CA   2009-Oct-06
Tsunami   American Samoa   2009-Sep-29
Eugene Island Pipeline Spill   GOM, LA   2009-Jul-26
DRILL -- PREP EXERCISE ---M/V OOPS   Lake Erie, OH   2009-Jun-10
Mystery tarballs   Oahu and Kauai, Hawaii   2009-Jun-09
Mystery Sheen Eugene Block 300   Gulf of Mexico, off LA   2009-Jun-06
Underwater Platform Spill   approx.170 miles offshore   2009-May-28
Nikiski gasoline spill   Nikiski Upper Cook Inlet Ak   2009-May-27

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