Tanker ATLANTIC ENDEAVOR, Atlantic Richfield Co Naval Cover 1975 Ferndale, Wash

It was sent 7 Nov 1975. It was franked with stamp "Space".

This cover is in good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. 

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PORT JEFFERSON, L. I. March 5 — A 650‐foot oil tanker, loaded with 7.5 million gallons of fuel oil, ran aground in the mouth of the harbor here early this morning.


Coast Guard officials from the Long Island Sound Group in New Haven, Conn., and local fire and harbor officials arrived shortly after the Atlantic Endeavor, a 34,000‐ton tanker of the Atlantic Richfield Petroleum Company, grounded shortly after 3 A.M.


Although the Coast Guard said there was no immediate danger of pollution or fire, the tanker swung sideways, blocking the entrance channel to the harbor — the best deep‐water port on Long Island.


Less than two months ago, a 640‐foot tanker split in half and sank in the harbor. It had to be blown apart and towed away.


Today's incident revived the controversy over whether the army Corps of Engineers should dredge the harbor to permit larger tankers to dock here. Scores of angry residents lined the nearby town dock, watching while three large tugboats sought unsuccessfully. to free the tanker.


‘Cat With Nine Lives’


“I just wonder how many more chances Port Jefferson will’ have,” said Village Mayor. Sandra Swenk, staring out of her living‐room window at the large harbor below..


“We're like a cat with nine lives. Every incident that happens—it's just another indication we've been spared again. One of these days, we'll’ have a real hazard on our hands—a, major oil spill that will destroy the ecology of the harbor, or a massive explosion.”


The United States Senate Public Works Committee has already authorized the Corps of Engineers to begin dredging the harbor, a plan favored by Senator Jacob K. Javits: Local officials, however, including Representative Otis D. Pike, have opposed the plan to deepen and widen the harbor and a public hearing has been called for March. 27 in Hauppauge.


Alternatives Offered


Under this plan, Port Jefferson would become one of several regional oil‐importation facilities. But other alternatives have been suggested for the Corps of Engineers to study, including offshore oil unloading facilities that would then replace ports such as Port Jefferson and ease the danger of environmental damage to heavily populated areas and recreational waterways.


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