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Vessel | Vessel Type | Date of Wreck | Cause of Wreck | Where Lost | Length/Tons | Sources | |
V. O. | Crabber | 1/9/1967 | Foundered while bound for King Cove from Seattle; CG cutter Confidence recovered 2 bodies. | Off Marmot Island, 50 mi NE of Kodiak | 297t | Berm 227, Int'l Reg. #2, MCC II LVI | |
Vagabond | Oil screw | 4/2/1964 | Destroyed by hurricane | At St. Paul Harbor | 11 | MV 1965 | |
Vagrant | Longliner | 6/27/1988 | Burned and sank | 90 mi W of Sitka | 70' | ||
Valdez | Hydro train barge | 12/13/1967 | Lost and driven ashore in a storm while under tow of the tug Sea Witch; barge and the 42 rail cars aboard were a total loss | 2 mi W of the entrance to Yakutat Bay | 5,051 | Berm 227, MCC LVI | |
Valdez | gas screw | 2/22/1920 | Lost. | Portage Bay, Kanatak | |||
Valencia | Oil screw | 9/11/1956 | Stranded | On Spanish Island SE Alaska/1 | 82 | Berm 227 | |
Valentine | Diesel screw | 5/8/1948 | Lost | At Kodiak/3(556) | MCC 556 | ||
Valentine | Gas cargo boat | 1/17/1959 | Heeled over and sank | In Saratoga Passage(BC?) enroute from Ketchikan to Seattle/3(642) | MCC 642 | ||
Valiant | Seiner | 9/26/1970 | Malfunction in engine cooling line flooded the engine room. The F/V My Ann took the Valiant in tow but the tow line snapped and the Valiant sank | In Snow Pass, near Ketchikan | AT/AND | ||
Valvedere | gas screw | 6/3/1929 | Bilge gases exploded. | Grass Island, Copper River Delta, Prince William Sound | 10/8 | ||
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Content: Mike Burwell
Alaska OCS Region
Minerals Management Service