ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A tugboat put in service to help prevent another oil spill disaster in Prince William Sound ran aground on the same reef as the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago in what remains America's worst oil spill.
The Coast Guard said Thursday that the 136-foot (41-meter) tug with six crew aboard had just completed an ice survey and was heading back to port in Valdez when it grounded on Bligh Reef.
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