Reassessment of the Marine Salvage Posture of the United States (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix G: Accident Scenarios
Appendix G: Accident Scenarios
Pages 105-112
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The bottom is hospitable and it is not a lee shore. Both Ships Strand, Fire Occurs Both ships strand following the collision, and fire breaks out on both ships; the spilled of!
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loses power off Sombrero Key in the Florida Straits. She is carrying a full cargo of North African crude of!
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ship carrying heavy vehicles and containers under charter to the Military Sealift Command is caught off Cape Hatteras in heavy weather 40-knot winds from the northeast with 16-foot waves. The ship loses power, is unable to maintain its heading, and takes heavy seas broadside.
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rams an unmanned six-well of} and gas production platform 70 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. The tanker bow is badly damaged and an empty wing tank is ruptured, but the rest of the cargo space is intact.
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The wind is 20 knots with waves to 6 feet, and the forecast is for worsening weather conditions. TANKER RAMMING OF JACK-UP MOBILE DRILLING RIG NEAR SHIPPING FAIRWAY SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES Technical Issues: Firefighting, lnerting Equipment, Lighte ring, Multiple Casualty Salvage A 200,000-DWT tanker strays from the shipping fairway on a foggy night and rams a three-leg, jack-up mobile Billing rig with 400-foot water depth capability.
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TANKER AND CONTAINER SHIP COLLIDE OFF STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA Technical Issues: Rescue Towing, Lightering, Damage Stability, Multiple Response, Safe Haven Two inbound ships, a 35,000-DWT container ship bound for Vancouver, British Columbia, and a 125,000-DWT crude tanker inbound for Puget Sound, collide 50 miles off the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. An engine room fire aboard the tanker has distracted the crew, contributing to the accident, and the fire rapidly flames out of control with resulting loss of propulsion.
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STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A PRODUCT TANKER IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY Technical Issues: Rescue Towing, Safe Haven, Salvage in Presence of Hazardous Cargo, Underwater Salvage A 2S,000-DWT chemical tanker loaded with benzene and bound from San Francisco to the East Coast is overstressed due to improper loading. Passing over the bar at the harbor entrance, a crack opens athwartship on the main deck.
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A hurricane is approaching and wfl} arrive within 16 hours. The increasing force of the winds and waves is expected to force the ship further onto the shoal, with eventual structural failure due to very high bending stresses.
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