Atlantic Empress, 1979

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Atlantic Empress, 1979

Location: Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Gallons: 88.3 million

How It Happened: One stormy evening in July 1979, two full supertankers collided off the coast of Tobago in the Caribbean Sea, precipitating the largest ship-sourced oil spill in history.