Rogue wave sequence showing 60-foot plus wave hitting tanker headed south from Valdez, Alaska. The ship was running in about 25-foot seas when a monster wave struck it broadside on the starboard side. This shows the OVERSEAS CHICAGO heeled to port after the wave struck and the water rushing off off the deck. Photo #3 of sequence. The port rail is nearly dipped under.

Image ID: wea03623, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Alaska, Gulf of Alaska
Photo Date: 1993 February
Photographer: Captain Roger Wilson, Greenland, New Hampshire


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