William Bligh may well be the most maligned man in history. His name has become a byword for cruelty; a tyrant who drove the crew of his ship, HMS Bounty, to such despair that they were forced ...

The oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on this day in 1989, causing a massive oil spill. Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star ...

struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, 6 mi west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. The tanker spilled more than 10 million US gallons of crude oil over the next few days.