The State - News from Jan. 11, 1988
An 853-foot-long oil tanker, the Arco Juneau, scraped a support tower of the Carquinez Bridge in Vallejo in heavy fog early Sunday, cutting two long gashes in its side. No oil was spilled and nobody was injured. The tanker was headed out to sea with water in its oil tanks as ballast. After the accident the Arco Juneau moored off Mare Island while the Coast Guard sought to determine the cause and Caltrans checked the bridge for possible damage.
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