The 300-foot × 90-foot × 18.5-foot US-flagged, ABS Ocean deck barge ZB 304 was "heavy-built" in 1982 for Zidell Barges by Bergeron Industries with a spoon bow and stern rake integrating three longitudinal and seven transverse bulkheads and using 1⁄2-inch sides and bottom plate and 5⁄8-inch deck plate.
A salvage crew was dispatched by air to the casualty to evaluate the situation and prepare the barge for refloating.
The cargo was transferred to a second barge and delivered to its destination by Dunlap Towing Company.
The barge was declared a total loss but over $3 million worth of cargo and equipment was saved through the efforts of Fred Divine Diving and Salvage Company.
[2] ZB 304 was towed back to Puget Sound where the American Construction Company of Everett, Washington refitted the barge and sold it in 2005 to Magone Marine Services of Dutch Harbor, Alaska where it serves as floating dock Denali.