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'''''Exxon Valdez''''' was the original name (later '''''Sea River Mediterranean''''' and eventually '''''Mediterranean''''') of an [[Petroleum|oil]] [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] owned by the former [[ExxonMobil|Exxon]] Shipping Company, a division of the former Exxon Corporation. It gained widespread infamy after the [[March 24]] [[1989]] [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|oil spill]] in which the tanker, bound for Long Beach California, captained by [[Joseph Hazelwood]], hit [[Prince William Sound]]'s [[Bligh Reef]] and spilled an estimated 10.8 million US gallons (40.9 million liters) of crude oil. This has been recorded as one of the largest spills in U.S. history and one of the largest ecological disasters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/history/faq.cfm |title=Frequently Asked Questions About the Spill |accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council }}</ref>

The [[ship|vessel]] has an all [[steel]] construction, built by [[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]] in [[San Diego]]. A relatively new tanker at the time of the spill, it was delivered to Exxon in December 1986. The tanker is 300 m  long, 50 m wide, and 27 m in depth (987 ft by 166 ft by 88 ft), weighing 30,000 tons empty and powered by a 31,650 shp (23.60 MW) [[diesel engine]]. The ship can transport a maximum of 1.48 million [[barrel (unit)|barrel]]s (200,000 t) at a sustained speed of 16.25 knots (30 km/h).

At the time of the spill it was employed to transport crude oil from the [[Alyeska consortium]]'s pipeline terminal in [[Valdez, Alaska]], to the [[Continental United States|lower 48]] states of the [[United States]]. The vessel was carrying about 1.26 million barrels, or about 53 million US gallons (200 million liters), of oil at the time it ran aground.

After the spill, the ''Exxon Valdez'' was towed to [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], arriving on [[June 10]], [[1989]], and repairs began onboard on [[June 30]], [[1989]]. Approximately 1,600 tons of steel were removed and replaced that July, totaling $30 million of repairs to the tanker.

After being repaired, the Valdez was renamed the ''Sea River Mediterranean'', later shortened to ''S/R Mediterranean'', then to simply ''Mediterranean'' and sails under the [[Marshall Islands]] flag. Although Exxon tried to return the ship to its North American fleet, it was prohibited by law from entering [[Prince William Sound]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Federal Wildlife Laws Handbook with Related Laws |last=Musgrave |first=Ruth S. |year=1998 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group |location=Lanham, MD |isbn=9780865875579 }}</ref>

In 2002, the ship was removed from domestic service because it was too expensive to operate in the U.S. regulatory climate, and sold to a foreign operator.  It is currently in East Asia.

On [[August 27]], [[2008]], Exxon Mobil agreed to pay 75% of the $507.5 million damages ruling to settle the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.<ref>{{cite news |first=Daisuke |last=Wakabayashi |title=Exxon agrees to pay out 75 percent of Valdez damages |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKN2641081120080827 |publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=2008-08-27 |accessdate=2008-09-20 }}</ref>

A ship bearing the name ''Exxon Valdez'' makes an appearance in the 1995 film [[Waterworld]], as the "Smokers'" oil carrying vessel.

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