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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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