The tugboat was working to prevent another oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The Coast Guard said two of tug’s tanks — containing an estimated 33,500 gallons of diesel fuel — were damaged and there was a fuel sheen on the water about 3 miles long and 30 yards wide.

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