The Argo Merchant Spills Oil Off the New England Coast
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Disasters
- Subcategories: Ships, Naval History, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: December 15, 1976
Article abstract: Navigation errors placed the Argo Merchant about twenty-five miles off her intended course, causing her to run aground near the Massachusetts coast and break up.
Summary of Event
By modern standards, the Argo Merchant was not a big tanker. She measured slightly more than six hundred feet in length, eighty-four feet in breadth, and her draft, or depth below the water, was nearly thirty-five feet. Howaldtswerke A. G. of Hamburg, Germany, built her in 1953, and her first owner christened her Arcturus for one of the stars...
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