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$1.3 million awarded for beach cleanup, shellfish monitoring following 2017 tugboat sinking in Starrigavan Bay

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Aug 22, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

NOAA Fisheries has received a settlement of $1.3 million from the National Pollution Funds Center for restoration of herring habitat and shellfish monitoring in the aftermath of the 2017 sinking of the tugboat Powhatan in Starrigavan Bay. Read More

Seven weeks after sinking, ‘Powhatan’ raised for a final trip south

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jun 16, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

There will be one last voyage for the Powhatan. The 81-foot tugboat sank at its dock in Sitka’s Starrigavan Bay in April. This week (6-12-17) salvage crews raised the Powhatan and placed it aboard a barge for a ride south to a Seattle scrap yard. Read More

Crews in place to raise the ‘Powhatan’ on Thursday

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Jun 6, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

A sunken Sitka tugboat will be raised to the surface on Thursday, June 8th, by a salvage barge. The Powhatan, a decommissioned tugboat, sank at its dock on April 19 in Starrigavan Bay. Read More

With tug still underwater, Samson develops salvage plan

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | May 26, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

A Sitka tugboat that sank dock four weeks ago remains underwater at Starrigavan Bay. Samson Tug & Barge has developed a plan for salvage and pollution mitigation. Read More

Salvage plan underway for sunken tugboat

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | May 1, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

An old tugboat owned by Samson Tug & Barge remains underwater near Sitka. But divers have plugged the Powhatan's vents, reducing further oil leakage. The state is discouraging the public against swimming in the water or harvesting shellfish along the beach. Read More