RESPONSE TO GROUNDED SHIP STUDIED SALVAGE TUG NOT CALLED FOR 24 HOURS.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: February 19, 1999| Author: Taylor, Rob | COPYRIGHT 1999 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Owners of the New Carissa waited more than 24 hours to hire a salvage tug after the freighter ran aground off Coos Bay, Ore., according to one of the tug's owners.

While foul weather proved to be the major impediment in rescuing the 639-foot freighter, Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality is concerned enough to investigate the response to the grounding, and it may propose that faster actions be required in future shipwrecks.

The freighter's owners eve...

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