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Description
Rogue wave sequence showing 60-foot plus wave hitting tanker headed southfrom Valdez, Alaska. The ship was running in about 25-foot seas when amonster wave struck it broadside on the starboard side. This shows the wavesweeping the deck over 60-feet above the water line. Photo #2 of sequence.Taken from bridge of OVERSEAS CHICAGO.
Photographer
Captain Roger Wilson
Display Date
1993 February
Location
Alaska, Gulf of Alaska
Collection
Weather Service
NOAA Affiliation
Greenland