Unified Command scheduled to begin petroleum removal efforts on Tug Mazapeta

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

01/10/2024 06:09 PM EST

Contractors under the direction of a unified command will begin petroleum removal efforts on the Tug Mazapeta, January 12. The Mazapeta, a 1940s era military tugboat, sunk Sept. 4, 2023, in Little Potato Slough within the San Joaquin Delta, northwest of Stockton with approximately 1,600 gallons of diesel and engine oil were reported onboard at the time of the incident.