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:


The Cutter Rush patrols near the grounded tanker Exxon Valdez, 1989

EXXON VALDEZ (FOR RELEASE)

Prince William Sound, AK (Mar. 24)--The Coast Guard Cutter Rush (WHEC 723) patrols the area of the grounded Exxon Valdez as it remains in place in Prince Williams Sound. The Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 24, 1989 spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil, which resulted in the largest oil spill in U.S. history. U.S. Coast Guard Photo (color slide).


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