The M/V New Carissa, a 639-foot bulk freight ship of Panamanian registry, went hard aground in heavy seas about 150 yards off a stretch of remote undeveloped sandy beach February 4, 1999 three miles north of Coos Bay, Oregon. The ship was intentionally ignited to burn the fuel oil and later broke in two.

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The M/V New Carissa, a 639-foot bulk freight ship of Panamanian registry, went hard aground in heavy seas about 150 yards off a stretch of remote undeveloped sandy beach February 4, 1999 three miles north of Coos Bay, Oregon. The ship was intentionally ignited to burn the fuel oil and later broke in two.

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Location: north of Coos Bay, Oregon
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Keywords: accident, aground, cargo, disaster, dry, floundering, horizontal, maritime, noaa, oregon, ship, sinking, vessel, wreck