THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, February 4, 1996               TAG: 9602040102
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

FREIGHTER RUNS AGROUND IN BAY

L. TODD SPENCER

The Protagoras, a 600-foot fertilizer-transport ship, ran aground

Saturday morning in the Chesapeake Bay off the Lynnhaven area of

Virginia Beach. The ship was not loaded with fertilizer, but was

carrying 16,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 148,000 gallons of fuel

oil. No spill was reported, said Lt. Laura Dickey of the U.S. Coast

Guard. The ship was refloated at about 9:30 p.m. At right is the

Lynnhaven Fishing Pier.

by CNB