MV Hawaiian Patriot was an oil tanker that sank in the Pacific Ocean in 1977 with the loss of her cargo and one crewmember.
[1] Hawaiian Patriot was 258 metres (846 ft 5 in) long and measured 51,479 gross register tons (GRT).
[2] She was powered by a single 23,000-brake-horsepower (17,000 kW) diesel engine that gave her a speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph).
[2][4][3] The following day, she suffered a huge explosion and the crew abandoned the ship, which burned for several hours before sinking.
[3] The sinking left an estimated 50,000 tonnes of oil in the water, but no cleanup response took place as currents moved the slick west and it did not make landfall.