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F/V Cowboy

Vineyard Sound, MA        2009-Apr-18

The NOAA SSC was notified by USCG Sector Southern New England (SSNE) at approximately 1800 on 18 April, 2009 concerning the grounded 77 foot fishing vessel Cowboy. The vessel is hard aground on a hard bottom. Salvage operations are commencing with an attempt to de-water the vessel. The USCG has requested NOAA support for a "worst case" trajectory. That would be losing the entire contents of the fuel tanks [8,000 gallons of diesel oil] during a maximum flood or ebb tide.

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Incident Details

Spill, potential spill, or other: Potential Oil Spill
Cause of incident: Grounding
Products of concern: Diesel fuel
Total amount at risk of spill: 8,000 gallons

Latitude (approximate): 41° 25.90' North
Longitude (approximate): 70° 50.70' West

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