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Major Incidents in the Los Angeles Harbor 1941 to 1982

Date

Incident

Location

Fatalities

Injuries

Description, Cause and Loss

12/02/82 Fire Berth  144 000 000 Wharf Fire, welding
11/03/82 Spill Berth    46     Tanker "Exxon Houston" - diesel spill in engine room
10/24/82 Fire Berth  240     125' fishing boat
09/14/82 Fire Berth    73       24' pleasure craft
07/19/82 Fire Berth    93     Passenger Ship "Azure Seas"
05/24/82 Fire Berth  262       75' fishing vessel "Sharkfin"
04/07/82 Fire Berth    49     Bulk Carrier "Eastern Confidence" - coal
02/28/82 Collision Outer Harbor     Container Vessel "Axel Maersh" vs. breakwater
11/24/81 Fire Long Beach     Container Vessel "Zim Monrovia" - containers
09/21/81 Fire Berth   52     Bulk Carrier "Kartini" - coal
01/21/81 Ship Explosion Outer Harbor-LA 1   Bulk  Carrier "Asia Gem" - powdered zinc
07/11/80 Fire Berth 266     Pan Pacific Cannery Fire - 2nd floor
03/07/80 Fire Berth 183     Barge Fire
01/05/80 Ship Collision Berth 240   1 Tanker "Pecos" vs. U.S.S. Bradley and drydock
12/30/79 Spill Berth 150   1-FF 10 bbls ammonia- broken valve
11/08/79 Spill Berth 120     10 bbls benzene, toluene - overfill
02/23/79 Fire Berth 214     165' vessel, "Robray I" - friction - $750,000.
01/24/79 Spill Berth   84     4,800 gals. gasoline - overturned truck
12/11/78 Fire Berth 200G     136' vessel "Spirit of America" - gas spill - $250,000.
09/13/78 Spill Berth   71     5,000 gals. styrene
01/15/78 Ship Collision Berth 223     "Sea Lift China Sea" vs. "Lorenzo D'Amigo"
10/15/77 Collision & Spill Berth   97     "Eagle Glory" vs. wharf - 10 bbls cutter stock
08/18/77 Fire Berth 241   1-FF "S.S. Mork Arctic" - electric panels
06/13/77 Fire Berth 232     Wharf Fire - welding - $10,000.
05/17/77 Fire Berth 250     Terminal Island Prison - incendiary - $125,000.
12/17/76 Ship Explosion Berth   46 9 58 civ & FF "S.S. Sansinena" - $12 million-Damage,
$5 million-loss,  23 rescues
09/08/76 Crash Berth   76   2 Helicopter Crash
04/13/76 Fire Berth 221     "MS Sanko Grain" (505') cabin fire - $10,000.
01/18/76 Fire Berth   83     Rum Runner Restaurant Fire - $6,000.
06/10/75 Fire Berth 228D     "S.S. Fernlake" - cotton bales - $50,000.
04/10/75 Explosion & Fire Berth   95     125' vessel "Carib Star" - terrorist bombing
03/04/75 Fire Berth 241     Tanker "Oswego Patriot" - Sumatra crude - welding - $1.2 million
11/25/74 Fire Berth 212     Wharf Fire - cutting torch - $1 million
11/13/74 Fire Berth 200I     Champlin Refinery Fire - fitting failure - $125,000.
04/28/74 Fire Berth   49     "MV Nortrans Vision" - metal turnings - spontaneous combustion
01/03/74 Fire Berth 263     Starkist #3 Cannery Fire
03/10/73 Spill Berth 163     "S.S. Golden Eagle" - naphtha leak
02/17/73 Spill Berth 163     Naphtha leak at base of tank - (80,000 bbls)
01/28/73 Spill Berth  163     Crude Oil Spill - broken line
01/14/73 Spill Berth   80     Ispohorone leaking from R.R. Car - (Very Toxic)
12/06/72 Spill Berth 170     Naphtha Leak from ship hull
11/02/72 Fire Berth 205C     35 ' vessel - $75,000.
09/17/72 Fire Union Oil     Union Oil Refinery Fire - pump failure - $110,000.
09/12/72 Fire Berth 212     Salvage Boat - engine room fire - $20,000.
08/08/72 Fire Berth   56   50-FF GATX Tank Farm Fire - truck vs. line - $500,000.
04/21/72 Fire Union Oil     Union Oil Refinery Fire - valve failure - $474,000.
02/14/72 Fire Berth 192 1   97' Fishing Vessel - leaking stove - $15,000.
01/08/72 Fire Berth 173     Tanker - pump room fire - naphtha leak - $20,000.
01/06/72 Crash Outer Harbor 1 1 Air plane crash
12/16/71 Fire Berth 267A     "Dolphin" 30' vessel - electric heater - $1,400.
09/06/71 Fire Berth 117   2 36' vessel - explosion - $4,000.
07/08/70 Fire Berth 173     Fire in pump house - $10,000.
06/16/70 Fire Outer Harbor   1-FF "S.S. Pontos" - metal turnings - $433,000.
11/11/69 Spill Berth 182     8,000 gals. flammable liquid in storm drains
08/15/69 Fire     1-FF "S.S. Bucyrus Victory" - engine room fire - $230,000.
06/12/69 Fire Berth   53     Cotton bales - incendiary - $70,000.
05/31/69 Spill Berth 168     1,000 bbls. crude oil - faulty valve
12/04/68 Fire Berth 119     Tank Truck Fire
12/28/67 Spill & Fire Berth 174   1-FF Wharf Fire - gas spill - $150,000.
02/28/67 Fire Berth 132 1   Truck overturned - 6,600 gals
04/17/66 Fire Berth   73C     Fish nets - incendiary - $96,000.
09/14/65 Fire Berth 129     Wharf Fire - (scuba firefighters used)
05/14/64 Fire Berth 240     "S.S. President Tyler" - cotton - welding - $15,000.
12/06.63 Fire Berth 190     "R.M.S. Loch Avon" - engine room fire
05/03/62 Collision Outer Harbor     Tanker "Texaco Texas"  vs. "World Centurion"
04/10/62 Fire Outer Harbor     "S.S. Severn River" - metal turnings
03/30/62 Fire Berth 104   26 U.S.N. "England" - welding - $35,000.
03/17/60 Fire Berth 200A     Wharf Fire - welding - $ 1 million
01/15/59 Collision Berth 169     Freighter "President Johnson" vs. Tanker "Monmouth" -kerosene spill
04/23/57 Fire Berth 193     Vegetable Oil Company Fire - copra - spontaneous combustion
06/21/56 Fire Berth 193   3-FF Vegetable Oil Company Fire - copra - spontaneous combustion
04/23/56 Fire Berth 193     Vegetable Oil Company Fire - copra - spontaneous combustion
01/26/56 Fire Berth 205   ? Ford Motor Company - flooding - $250,000.
06/29/54 Fire Berth 117 1 ? Tidewater Associated Oil Co. Tank Farm Fire - $ multi million
07/12/51 Fire Berth 129   ? Union Oil Company Tank Farm Fire
05/?/50 Fire ?   ? Freighter "S.S. Hoegh Trader"
02/?/50 Fire Berth 129 ? ? Union Oil Company Tank Farm Fire
03/?/49 Fire Berth 129 ? ? Union Oil Company Tank Farm Fire - cracking tower
11/11/48 Fire Berth 179   ? Freighter "S.S. China Transport" - copra - $100,000.
06/22/47 Ship Explosion Berth 169 12 10 Tanker "Markay" - gasoline - total loss
05/30/45 Fire Berth 104 ? ? Todd Shipyard Fire
10/21/44 Explosion Berth 264 ? ? French Sardine & South Coast Canneries - $ 1 million
05/14/41 Fire Berth   88 ? ? Wharf Fire (1,200') & buildings - $ multi. million
           
 03/03/26  Fire E.K.Wood Lumber Co wharf     Lumber Schooner Sierra
           
 04/27/1863 Ship Explosion    26   Steam Ship Ada Handcock Explosion
           

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