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Gulf of Alaska Winter Rout Sparks Tanker Tales
The SSARCO Juneau faces the Gulf of Alaska’s winter fury from Valdez to Puget Sound. Crewmembers describe 40 to 50 foot seas, ripped fittings, and constant vigilance as 813,484 barrels of crude ship back and forth in February and March.
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Ssarco Juneau
Gulf of Alaska
Valdez
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Juneau
Cherry Point
Wash
Puget Sound
Gulf of
Bosun
Paul Farrenkopf
Philadelphia
Emery A McGowen
Huntington Beach
Calif
McGowen