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Date: November 28, 2008 |
Boat capsizes at Tillamook Bay, Ore. - Update - Photos Available |
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 In this image released by the Coast Guard, the wreckage of the 42-foot crab boat Network rests below the waves at the north jetty in Tillamook, Ore. The vessel capsized with three people aboard Friday, November 28. 2008. (U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station Astoria)  In this image released by the Coast Guard, a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Tillamook Bay, Ore., and an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., search the waters near Tilamook for two men who fell overboard when the 42-foot crab boat Network capsized Friday, November 28, 2008. (U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station Astoria)
SEATTLE— Pollution and casualty investigators from Coast Guard Sector Portland are responding to a serious marine incident involving a capsized fishing vessel near the north jetty at Tillamook, Ore.
Pollution investigators will investigate sheening that has been spotted near the area where the 42-foot crabbing vessel Network from Garibaldi, Ore., broke up after capsizing at approximately 7:42 a.m. It is estimated there were 400 gallons of diesel fuel on board. Computer modeling has indicated there will be minimal impact to the environment from the diesel spill. The casualty investigator will interview the crew that made it to shore and all witnesses to determine all elements of the casualty and ensure required drug and alcohol testing is conducted. A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Tillamook Bay, Ore., reported the capsizing of the Network and immediately responded to the area. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay confirmed there were three people on board the vessel.
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