Unified Command completes pollution removal from tug Mazapeta with the raising and lightering of tug

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

01/17/2024 09:29 PM EST

The Unified Command and its contractors have completed petroleum product and hazardous material removal efforts from the tug Mazapeta, Wednesday. 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 reported to be onboard at the time of the incident.