MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified command to hold media availability for Vengeance barge righting operation

Media Availability

May 3, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard 11th District Pacific Southwest Contact: 11th District Public Affairs Office: (510) 437-3325 After Hours: (510) 772-8865

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified command to hold media availability for Vengeance barge righting operation

WHO: Representatives from the Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, San Francisco Department of Emergency Management and San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

WHAT: Members of the unified command will be available for interviews regarding the parbuckle operation.

WHEN: Noon, Friday

WHERE: Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, 1 Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, CA 94130

Media interested in attending should RSVP by 4 p.m., Thursday at 510-772-8865.

SAN FRANCISCO — The righting operation, or parbuckle, of the Vengeance barge, which capsized in the San Francisco Bay April 7, is scheduled to be conducted early Sunday morning.

The Vengeance barge will not be visible above water during the operation. The parbuckle is the first of a two-phase approach to complete the disposition of the Vengeance barge, with the second phase beginning with an evaluation after the parbuckle. The plan for the second phase may take several weeks to develop and is expected to involve refloating and towing the barge to a facility for fuel removal.

Mariners are requested to abide by the safety zone, which was established April 7 and will remain in effect until the disposition of the Vengeance, and monitor local media channels as the safety zone is subject to change. Marine information broadcasts to local mariners will continue while the safety zone is in effect.

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