Empty tanker, cargo ship collide at Galveston Bay

By With analysis from Monitor Correspondents around the world; Edited by Debra K. Piot

April 3, 1980

Galveston, Texas

An empty 780-foot oil tanker owned by Amoco Oil Company collided with a cargo ship in predawn fog Wednesday near the entrance to Galveston Bay. Both ships caught fire, but only one man was injured. A Coast Guard board is investigating the increased hazards at the bay entrance.