Port Royal discharged raw sewage while stuck

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The cruiser Port Royal, right, is seen at sunset Feb. 6 in Honolulu after the ship ran aground atop a reef about a half-mile south of the Honolulu airport's reef runway.


Port Royal discharged raw sewage while stuck
By Audrey McAvoy - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 4:16:43 EST

HONOLULU — The cruiser Port Royal discharged about 5,000 gallons of raw sewage when the warship was grounded a half-mile off Oahu, the state said Tuesday while warning the public to avoid the area.

The ship released the sewage between late Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. The guided missile cruiser got stuck on a rock and sand shoal late Thursday and wasn’t pulled free until Monday.

The state Department of Health said the Navy failed to tell it about the discharge, even though two department officials attended a meeting with Navy officials at Pearl Harbor on Sunday.

A U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman acknowledged the communication failure, attributing it to a mix-up.

Capt. Scott Gureck said the Pacific Fleet would have informed the public and the state about the discharge if it had known about it.


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