Fire Opal Cross
Mv Selendang Ayu
Aerial view of Selendang Ayu, broken in half off Unalaska Island.
Aerial view of Selendang Ayu
The M/V Selendang Ayu was a Malaysian cargo ship registered to the IMC Group. It was carrying a cargo of soybeans from Seattle, Washington to China when it ran aground off the coast of Unalaska Island in western Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004. This resulted in a large oil spill.
Two HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters from the U.S. Coast Guard were involved in evacuating 18 of the ship’s crewmembers, 9 to the Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley. During attempts to save the last 8 crewmembers, Coast Guard CGNR 6020, an HH-60J from Air Station Kodiak was engulfed by a rogue wave that broke over the bow of the ship. When its engines flamed out from ingesting water, the Jayhawk crashed into the sea. Seven crew members from the ship had been hoisted into the aircraft. Another helicopter, the HH-65B Dolphin from the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley recovered the three-man Coast Guard crew and one of the crewmembers from the ship that had been on the aircraft. Later that night, the HH-65B returned to rescue the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and ship’s master from the Selendang Ayu, which had broken in half during their absence. This aircraft, CGNR 6513′s crew would all be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions. The Coast Guard searched for the remaining crew until their efforts were called off on December 10.
The ship had been carrying a significant amount of fuel, so there were fears that the Selendang Ayu could create the worst Alaskan oil spill since the Exxon Valdez. One tank containing 40,131 gallons of fuel ruptured when the ship broke apart. It is estimated that 424,000 gallons of heavy bunker C fuel oil and 18,000 gallons of diesel fuel was on board when she grounded. Ultimately, 350,000 gallons of bunker oil and diesel spilled, which is about 2.9% of the volume of crude oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez. The crew had transferred the fuel internal tanks when the ship foundered, and heaters were turned off so that the fuel would thicken in the cold waters. However, environmental officials estimate that up to 1.28 million liters of thick fuel oil (338,000 US gallons) leaked from the freighter.
The carcasses of over 1,600 birds and 6 sea otters were recovered from beaches along the western shore of Unalaska Island after the spill.
Notes
^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News: laskan oil spill 8 times worse than thought: official
^ United States Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation: /V Selendang Ayu
External links
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State of Alaska incident report
Crew describes rescue mission. Anchorage Daily News.
More Oil Spilled than first estimated CBC
Maritimequest Selendang Ayu Photo Gallery
National Transportation Safety Board Report
All Coast Guard-related press releases
Categories: Freighters | Maritime incidents in the United States | Maritime incidents in 2004 | Disasters in Alaska | Rogue wave incidents | Shipwrecks of the Alaska coastHidden categories: Alaska articles missing geocoordinate data | All articles needing coordinates
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No 124 – Opal Cross – With Crystal Opals
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