The oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on this day in 1989, causing a massive oil spill. Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star ...

Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot tanker loaded with 53 ... volume of 125 Olympic-size swimming pools – flowed into the Prince William Sound, a pristine haven of wildlife and scenery.

The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, 6 mi west of ...

Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began leaking an ...

captain of the Valdez, not guilty of operating a vessel under the influence but guilty of negligent oil discharge. The tanker had been on its way to Long Beach, California. It departed the Alyeska ...