| Marine Accident Report: Fire Aboard the Tug Scandia and the Subsequent Grounding of the Tug and the Tank Barge North Cape on Moonstone Beach, Contributor(s): National Transportation Safety Board (Author) |
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ISBN: 149549425X ISBN-13: 9781495494253 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference - Transportation |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 7.01" W x 10" (0.33 lbs) 76 pages |
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| Publisher Description: On Friday afternoon, January 19, 1996, the U.S. tug Scandia had an engineroom fire while towing the unmanned U.S. tank barge North Cape, 4.5 miles off Point Judith, Rhode Island. All six crewmembers abandoned the Scandia amid 10-foot waves and 25- knot winds; however, no one was injured. The crew was unsuccessful in its attempts to release the anchor of the barge, which ran aground and spilled 828,000 gallons of home heating oil, causing the largest pollution incident in Rhode Island's history, an incident that led to the closing of local fisheries. |