On Mar. 24, 1989, nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil gushed out of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker off the coast of Alaska. Take a look back at what was the largest oil spill in U.S. history at the… ...

Updated: Aug. 3, 2010 In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, ruptured and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.

Thirty years ago, on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska. At the time, it was the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Only the 2010 Deep Water ...

Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez — an oil tanker carrying 53 million gallons of North Slope crude oil — hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, ripping half a dozen holes ...

If you want to find crude oil pollution from the Exxon Valdez today, you have to look at the carpets. Any place you can easily get to in Prince William Sound itself today will appear as clean and ...

1989: The Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil across 1,300 miles of Alaskan coastline. In terms of environmental damage, it ranks ...

"We just hadn't been ready for a spill," said John Devens, who was the mayor of the small port of Valdez in 1989. Exxon Valdez, the giant oil tanker that ran aground, was named after his town.

Central NY News; Gulf oil spill workers, like Exxon Valdez workers in 1989, complain of flulike symptoms . Published: ; Jun. 04, 2010, 1:51 a.m.

Captain of Exxon Valdez tanker behind infamous 1989 Alaskan crude oil spill dies of COVID and cancer aged 75. Joseph Hazelwood was the captain of the Exxon Valdez which ran aground in the Bligh ...

Updated: Aug. 3, 2010 In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, ruptured and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.