Next stop is San Diego for the crippled tanker Exxon Valdez, three months after being impaled on a reef, shredding its hull and causing the nation's worst oil spill.
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The Coast Guard expects the vessel will have a safe journey and cause no further environmental damage as it moves 2,500 miles down the Pacific Ocean to a dry dock at San Diego. The tanker was scheduled to embark Friday.Exxon Shipping Co. President Frank Iarossi has said the ship will be rebuilt to original specifications, which include a single hull. The 987-foot tanker will undergo nearly a year of repairs costing more than $25 million.