Assumptions and Conversion Factors:
3 gallons of herbicide disseminated per acre
640 acres per square mile
1,920 gallons disseminated per square mile
The 15,480 drums of agent orange stockpiled at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) in Gulfport, Mississippi were transferred to the Dutch-owned ship the Vulcanus and destroyed between 15-24 July 1977.
The 24,795 drums of agent orange stored on Johnston Island were subsequently incinerated on the Vulcanus in two loads.
The last of the herbicide orange once destined for the jungles of Vietnam burned on September 3, 1977.
Data Sources: SIPRI, 1976 and Cecil, 1986.
