Exxon Valdez Grounding & Oil Spill, 1989

The Exxon Valdez aground in Alaskan waters, 1989.


General Information:

Chronology of Events: excerpted from the NRT Report, Appendix A.

Historical Narrative, by Ms.Nora Chidlow, Coast Guard Archivist

Historic Photo Gallery: Official Coast Guard Images of the Disaster & Cleanup

Finding Aid to the Exxon Valdez Archival Collection, Coast Guard Historian's Office


Reports & Position Papers, etc:

The National Response Team's 1989 Final Report to the President

Oil Pollution Act of 1990

"Changes in the United States Response Scheme After the EXXON VALDEZ Incident"; a paper by CAPT Harlan Henderson, Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard National Strike Force, 2001.


Testimony:


Admiral Paul A. Yost, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant & Federal On-Scene Commander :

Vice Admiral Clyde E. Robbins, USCG, U. S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander & Federal On-Scene Commander:

Rear Admiral Joel D. Sipes, USCG, Chief, U. S. Coast Guard Office of Marine Safety, Security & Environmental Protection:

Misc: