1988 Event Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast 1988 Event Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil 1987 Event "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site 1933 Event 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans 1918 Event Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in U.S., launched to carry oil, New York