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Ghost fleet tanker breaks free, runs aground
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 13, 2009 17:03:46 EST
Posted : Friday Nov 13, 2009 17:03:46 EST
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Maritime Administration is hoping to pull a 700-foot oil tanker back to its dock after the ship broke free of its moorings and ended up a half-mile downstream.
Officials say the Monongahela ran aground on a sand bank on the western side of the James River on Friday.
Heavy storms are likely to blame.
The 37,000-ton Navy fleet oiler is part of the James River Reserve Fleet, also known as the “Ghost Fleet.” Several dozen ships in the fleet are moored in the center of the river off Fort Eustis.
Many of the ships in the fleet have environmental hazards on board.
The Monongahela has a capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil but officials say there were no oil spills.
The plan was to use tugboats to pull the vessel out of the sand at the next high tide.
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