Tuesday, December 21 



Weather 



Conditions 



(Daylight) 



Air: Low-to-medium low visibility. Overcast. High west 

 winds at 25 knots . 



Argo Merchant 0800: Bearing 258°. Pitching up to 10 feet. 100° behind 



bridge. 

 0835: Ship split in two aft of king post. Approximately 

 1% million gallons of oil released after breakup. 

 Bow bearing 025° , stern 260° . 



USCG Bow bearing 045°. Grinding on stern. 



Operations USCGC Vigilant on scene entire day. 



Overflights 



0930: HU-16E. Mapping. 



1245: H-3. Inspection of vessel, 



NOAA/USCG 

 SOR Team 

 Operations 



Personnel aboard HU-16E; mapped breakup dump, 

 Personnel aboard WHOI Oceanus . 

 " H-3. 



Other 

 Operations 



Ship 

 Cruises 



1438: WHOI Oceanus cruise ends because of severe weather, 

 uses Uhitefoot cruise begins. 



Spill Heavy slick extending east 6 miles, averaging Ih, miles in 



Characteristics width. Sheen extending 8 miles east from mixed heavy 



"pancakes." Area of dispersed "pancakes" extending 60 miles 



east and 25 miles north. 



Coordination 

 Meetings and 

 Briefings 



II-S 



