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Ports across Alaska are home to a ghost fleet of derelict vessels. Many are abandoned, left to rot dockside, to become hazards to the environment or navigation. There’s one in the Homer Boat Harbor, the former fishing vessel North Pacific, which later saw life in gold dredging. The city declared the vessel a nuisance in 2016, and its owners stopped paying moorage fees in 2018.
Last April the North Pacific’s hull sprang a leak, but was quickly patched before it sank at the dock. Since then, the U.S. Coast Guard funded the removal of all the fuel, oil and other hydrocarbon fluids, but now the vessel needs to be moved before it sinks. In a memo to the mayor and council from Homer Harbormaster Bryan Hawkins, he said, “the North Pacific will, if left to its own devices, eventually end up at the bottom of the harbor.”
At Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting, a nearly-$100,000 ordinance was passed funding the prep, haul-out, and break-up of the North Pacific
North Pacific Gold Abandoned Vessel; Homer, AK
Homer, AK | 2020-Jul-20
Initial Notification: On 20-Jul-2020, MSD Homer notified the NOAA SSC of the following: MV North Pacific Gold, a 90-foot crabber turned gold mining vessel, was abandoned in the Homer small boat harbor in 201g a 6 after suffering a marine casualty. The vessel touched bottom durinlow-tide event in April 2020, damaging the hull. The vessel contains approximately 6000 gallons of oily water in the aft tanks and an unknown amount in the saddle tanks. The OSLTF has been opened for assessment of the vessel due to substantial threat of pollution and Global Diving and Salvage has been hired to assess the vessel's condition. MSD Homer is requesting NOAA provide resources at risk to support removal and potential scuttling of the vessel.
The company NORTH PACIFIC GOLD is managed by 8 persons in total. The persons responsible for business activities are DEBBIE K LAWRENCE with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as Secretary , SCOTT MEISTERHEIM with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., #3, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as Secretary , PAUL THOMPSON with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as Treasurer , PAUL THOMPSON with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as Director , PAUL THOMPSON with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as Treasurer , PAUL THOMPSON with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as Director , PAUL THOMPSON JR. with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., #3, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as President , PAUL THOMPSON JR. with the seat at 1805 N. CARSON ST., #3, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV as President .
Secretary
Name DEBBIE K LAWRENCE
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
Secretary
Name SCOTT MEISTERHEIM
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., #3, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
Treasurer
Name PAUL THOMPSON
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
Director
Name PAUL THOMPSON
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
Treasurer
Name PAUL THOMPSON
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
Director
Name PAUL THOMPSON
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., STE X, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
President
Name PAUL THOMPSON JR.
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., #3, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
President
Name PAUL THOMPSON JR.
Address 1805 N. CARSON ST., #3, CARSON CITY, 89701, NV
