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The Current Buster 600, a high-speed oil containment system used to separate oil from water in the event of an oil spill, is placed in the water in preparation for an oil spill response during a crisis response exercise.

The Current Buster 600, a high-speed oil containment system used to se...

BAHRAIN (Nov. 04, 2007) The Current Buster 600, a high-speed oil containment system used to separate oil from water in the event of an oil spill, is placed in the water in preparation for an oil spill response ... More

A boom tow boat pulls an open-ocean boom used to collect oil floating in the water and deliver it to the wide-body skimmer vessel, left, to remove the oil from the surface of the water during an oil spill response.

A boom tow boat pulls an open-ocean boom used to collect oil floating ...

BAHRAIN (Nov. 06, 2007) A boom tow boat pulls an open-ocean boom used to collect oil floating in the water and deliver it to the wide-body skimmer vessel, left, to remove the oil from the surface of the water d... More

Sailors participate in an oil spill drill.

Sailors participate in an oil spill drill.

SEAL BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 11, 2010) Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach training and readiness officer Allan Roy monitors the deployment of an oil containment boom during oil spill response training in Anaheim Bay.... More

In an undated file photo, a rapid-deployment skimmer system conducts oil spill response training.

In an undated file photo, a rapid-deployment skimmer system conducts o...

WASHINGTON (Apr. 29, 2010) In an undated file photo, a rapid-deployment skimmer system, operated by Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), conducts oil spill response training. ... More

In an updated file photo, a rapid-deployment skimmer system conducts oil spill response training.

In an updated file photo, a rapid-deployment skimmer system conducts o...

WASHINGTON (Apr. 29, 2010) In an updated file photo, a rapid-deployment skimmer system, operated by Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), conducts oil spill response training. ... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Army Spc. Steffon James of the Louisiana National Guard fills containment boom with water and prepares the boom for deployment at Grand Isle, La., May 31, 2010. The National Guard is part of the ongoing Adminis... More

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Operations continue being conducted by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise and the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 as well as thousands of other vessels and ships in support of oil containment operations in... More

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Vessels conduct controlled burns that are part of a coordinated federal, state and local effort to minimize the amount of oil in the water near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

(Left to right) Col. Jeff Fiebig, the mobilization assistant to the commander, First Air Force, Tyndall AFB, Fla., Maj. Gen. Garry Dean, the joint force air component commander for North American Aerospace Defe... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Maj. Gen. Garry Dean, the joint force air component commander for North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, discusses the current response to the Gulf oil spill at the Houma Incident C... More

Oil spill response - US Coast Guard photo

Oil spill response - US Coast Guard photo

An Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew prepares to drop sandbags in the Mississippi Delta June 21, 2010, in an effort to shore up the state's coast line as the oil spill approaches. The Louisia... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A Vessel of Opportunity assists in skimming operations near Grand Isle, La., June 21, 2010. The VOO program was implemented to provide local boat operators an opportunity to assist with Deepwater Horizon oil sp... More

Oil spill response - US Coast Guard photo

Oil spill response - US Coast Guard photo

An Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew transports sandbags over the Mississippi Delta in an effort to shore up the state's coast line as the oil spill approaches June 21, 2010. The Louisiana Na... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Lt. John Williams looks for oil as he pilots a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter along the beach at Grande Isle, June 21, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Bob Laura

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Guardians receive an early morning safety brief and daily work assignments before heading out into the Gulf of Mexico with commercial boat crews participating in the Vessels of Opportunity program, June 23. Nea... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

MKC Gary Feathers, a Coast Guard reservist out of Sector Delaware Bay, inspects a brown pelican for signs of oil contamination while patrolling coastal waters off Terrebonne Parish, La., with members of Louisia... More

CG Commandant Papp visits CGC Cypress

CG Commandant Papp visits CGC Cypress

MOBILE, Ala. - Lt. Matthew Nakagawa briefs Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., U.S. Coast Guard commandant, on continuing operations about buoy tenders returning to and departiing to skim oil for the BP Deepwater Horizon ... More

CG Commandant Papp visits CGC Walnut

CG Commandant Papp visits CGC Walnut

MOBILE, Ala. - Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., Coast Guard commandant, writes in the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut's ships journal at the pier at Naval Air Station Pensacola June 23, 2010. The Walnut is a 225-foot buoy... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

"God's Gifts", a commercial shrimp boat converted for skimming operations as part of the Vessels of Opportunity program, heads out into the Gulf waters off Terrebonne Parish, La. in search of oil, June 23. Coas... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

MKC Gary Feathers, a Coast Guard reservist out of Sector Delaware Bay, collects floating trash while patrolling Gulf waters off Terrebonne Parish, La., with members of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fishe... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Teresa Calbert and Missilla Winfield lower a skimmer into the water as part of the response to the BP oil spill. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emily Alley.

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Members of a Rapid Assessment Team, including BMCS Rodney Wurgler (2nd L), a Coast Guard reservist out of Sector Upper Mississippi River, investigate a reported oil slick in the waters off Terrebonne Parish, La... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A bright orange strand of dislodged boom presents a possible boating hazard in the waters off the coast of Terrebonne Parish, La., June 24. A Rapid Assessment Team, which included representatives from the Coast... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A commercial helicopter chartered by BP, carries Coast Guard observers over islands and waters off the coast of Terrebonne Parish, La., June 24. These spotters look for oil slicks, displaced boom and other prob... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Yellow boom surrounds a tiny spit of land in the waters off the coast of Terrebonne Parish, La., where hundreds of seabirds, including gulls, terns and pelicans, mate and nest. Coast Guard reservists are workin... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

BM3 Gary Guido (2nd L), BM1 April Rex (2nd R), and MK2 John Palmer (far right) work with a civilian boat crew to deploy an oil skimmer during a training exercise aboard a converted commercial shrimping vessel, ... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Contractors move bags of snare boom from a low-lying area at Branch Terrebonne Parish, La., into a container for temporary relocation on Monday, June 28, 2010, in anticipation of high water at the staging area.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Krissy Jaeds holds a Northern gannet while Rebecca Dunne inserts a feeding tube. The bird is a mixture of water and fish while it is recovering in an animal treatment facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Krissy Jaeds holds a Northern gannet while Rebecca Dunne inserts a feeding tube. The bird is being treated in Pensacola, Fl., after it was rescued from the oil spill. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emily Alley.

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Rita Bowker Sumpner holds the head of a bird while Katie Pogorzelsia and Laurin Huse wash away oil. The bird is being treated at a wildlife recovery facility in Pensacola, Florida. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, flying off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, flies over the Discoverer Enterprise at the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as seen from th... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A portion of the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as seen from the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Masson.

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A small boat leaves Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, heading for the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Masson.

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, flying off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, flies over one of two relief wells being drilled at the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as ... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Commander Sam Jordan, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, looks over the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill from the bridge of his 210-foot medium endurance cutter. Coast Guard photo... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute steams alongside "A Whale," a tanker converted into an oil skimmer. Both vessels were working near the site of the Deepwater Horizon spill site as part of the largest oil spill resp... More

Oil spill response. Warship photograph collection

Oil spill response. Warship photograph collection

With a plume of smoke rising in the background as workers flare hydrocarbons at the site of the BP oil spill, the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute steams alongside "A Whale," a tanker converted into an oil skimmer.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter lands on the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute while work continues at the Deepwater Horizon spill site as part of the largest oil spill response in history, July 4, 2010. U.S... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station New Orleans, operating off the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, passes over the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 4, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Containment barges are manned by Deepwater Horizon response workers in the waters near Grand Isle, La., July 8, 2010. The barges are being used to contain spilled oil so that it can be vacuumed from the water.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

An ABC News crew led by national correspondent Jeffrey Kofman embarks in a small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute for a report from the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A section of rigid pipe boom is deployed in the waters near Grand Isle, La. to help contain oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, July 8, 2010. Rigid pipe boom is sturdier than traditional boom, making it more... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Containment barges are manned by Deepwater Horizon response workers in the waters near Grand Isle, La., July 8, 2010. The barges are being used to contain spilled oil so that it can be vacuumed from the water.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

An ABC News crew led by national correspondent Jeffrey Kofman (fourth from left) embarks a small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute for a report from the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in th... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A fishing vessel converted to an oil skimmer conducts skimming operations in the waters near Grand Isle, La., July 8, 2010. Over 3000 vessels have been activated, and over 500 have been converted to skimmers i... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A fishing vessel converted to an oil skimmer conducts skimming operations in the waters near Grand Isle, La., July 8, 2010. Over 3000 vessels have been activated, and over 500 have been converted to skimmers, ... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

An ABC News crew led by national correspondent Jeffrey Kofman embarks a small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute for a report from the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. C... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A section of rigid pipe boom is deployed in the waters near Grand Isle, La. to help contain oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, July 8, 2010. Rigid pipe boom is sturdier than traditional boom, making it more... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

The Discoverer Enterprise and other ships, seen from the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, flare off gas and oil at the site of the BP oil spill Thursday night. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Cl... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A section of rigid pipe boom is deployed in the waters near Grand Isle, La. to help contain oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, July 8, 2010. Rigid pipe boom is sturdier than traditional boom, making it more ... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A section of rigid pipe boom is deployed in the waters near Grand Isle, La. to help contain oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, July 8, 2010. Rigid pipe boom is sturdier than traditional boom, making it more... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

A sound engineer from an ABC News crew led by national correspondent Jeffrey Kofman sets up a shot on the forecastle of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute near the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in th... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Containment barges are manned by Deepwater Horizon response workers in the waters near Grand Isle, La., July 8, 2010. The barges are being used to contain spilled oil so that it can be vacuumed from the water.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

ABC News correspondent Jeffrey Kofman prepares his report from the forecastle of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute Thursday, July 8, 2010 with the "floating city" at the site of the BP oil spill in the background. U.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

An ABC News crew led by national correspondent Jeffrey Kofman reports a Good Morning America segment from the bow of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute about a mile from the BP oil spill Friday at the end of a two-day... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, including Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Eric White, Seaman David Duvall, Seaman Tyler Mase, and small boat coxswain Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Justin Kaczynski scrub ... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil on the ocean surface creates an eerie reflection of the Coast Guard striping on the hull of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute about a mile from the site of the BP oil spill Friday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

A response worker anchors clean boom into the ground around an oiled marsh using bamboo poles, Monday, July 19, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela Manns

Oil Spill Response Drill, New London Connecticut

Oil Spill Response Drill, New London Connecticut

Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Sawyers, a boatswain's mate, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Santiago, a boatswain's mate, both assigned to the port operations department at Naval Submarine Base New London, unl... More

Assessing oil in marshland

Assessing oil in marshland

VENICE, La. -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Brickman and Seaman Kevin McLean, field observer's for the Deepwater Horizon Response's Plaquemines Branch, report the position of oil in affecting marshland in the ... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

ALAMEDA, Calif.- A U.S. Coastguardsman, attached with the Incident Management Devision of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, and a contract worker, with the National Response Corporation, respond to the scene of... More

CSBR, US Coast Guard Photo

CSBR, US Coast Guard Photo

COCODRIE, La. - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Keith Frenzel offers support to members of a certified shoreline boom retrieval team on a rock jetty extending from the east shore of Raccoon Island, La.... More

US COAST GUARD Boom Retrieval

US COAST GUARD Boom Retrieval

COCODRIE, La. - Members of a certified shoreline boom retrieval team prepare to haul in a section of containment boom off the north shore of Trinity Island, La., Sept 11, 2010. The boom was pulled aboard a vess... More

US COAST GUARD Boom Retrieval

US COAST GUARD Boom Retrieval

COCODRIE, La. - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Keith Frenzel observes members of a certified shoreline boom retrieval team on a vessel off the north shore of Trinity Island, La., Sept. 11, 2010. The t... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

ALAMEDA, Calif.- A contract worker, with the National Response Corporation, responds to the scene of a sunken 37-foot recreational vessel off of Coast Guard Island, here, Oct. 7, 2010. The Coast Guard is workin... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

ALAMEDA, Calif.- A contract worker, with the National Response Corporation, deploys hard boom around the scene of a sunken 37-foot recreational vessel off of Coast Guard Island, here, Oct. 7, 2010. The Coast Gu... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and other angencies conduct a drill in Seattle's Lake Washington, testing their spill response equipment capabilities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel Puget, Nov. 09, 2010.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and other angencies conduct a drill in Seattle's Lake Washington, testing their spill response equipment capabilities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel Puget, Nov. 09, 2010.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and other angencies conduct a drill in Seattle's Lake Washington, testing their spill response equipment capabilities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel Puget, Nov. 09, 2010.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and other angencies conduct a drill in Seattle's Lake Washington, testing their spill response equipment capabilities with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel Puget, Nov. 09, 2010.... More

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil spill response - U.S. Coast guard photo

SAN DIEGO -- Oil spill response workers place sorbent pads and boom in the water to collect fuel leaking from a yacht that sunk in its slip in the Coronado Cays due to a fire aboard it, March 25, 2011. The San... More

Tug Tiger Richmond Response. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

Tug Tiger Richmond Response. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

RICHMOND, Calif. - Oil spill responders deploy boom around the scene of the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The Tiger sank last night at its moorings at the Port of Richmon... More

Tug Tiger Richmond Response. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

Tug Tiger Richmond Response. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

RICHMOND, Calif. - Oil spill responders deploy boom and absorbent pads around the scene of the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The Tiger sank last night at its moorings at ... More

Tug Tiger Richmond Response. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

Tug Tiger Richmond Response. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

RICHMOND, Calif. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Higgins monitors an oil skimmer that is removing oil from the water spilled from the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Dec. 12, ... More

Tug Tiger Richmond Response U.S. Coast Guard photograph

Tug Tiger Richmond Response U.S. Coast Guard photograph

RICHMOND, Calif. - An air bubble rises from the hull of the sunken Tug Tiger, a 205-foot decommissioned Navy tug, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. The Tiger sank at its moorings at the Port of Richmond at Potrero Point,... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port

The Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port

The Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., sits moored at Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich., Jan. 23, 2012. The crew of the Hollyhock is participating in a project led by the Coast G... More

Oil in Ice Project - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil in Ice Project - U.S. Coast guard photo

STRAITS OF MACKINAC -? Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., use an oil-skimming device to recover peat moss, acting as a substitute for spilled oil, near Mackina... More

Oil in Ice Project - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil in Ice Project - U.S. Coast guard photo

STRAITS OF MACKINAC - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., transit through ice near Mackinac Island, Jan. 24, 2012. The crew of the Hollyhock is participating in... More

Oil in Ice project - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oil in Ice project - U.S. Coast guard photo

ST. IGNACE, Mich. - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., and the commercial tugboats Reliance, Nickelena and Erika Kobasic, sit moored at Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich.... More

Oil in Ice project, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil in Ice project, US Coast Guard Photo

ST. IGNACE, Mich. -?? Ice forms in the Straits of Mackinac, underneath the Mackinac Bridge, Jan. 24, 2011. The Coast Guard's Research and Development Center, in New London, Conn., along with other agency partne... More

Chief Machinist's Mate Gary Thompson, Naval Supply

Chief Machinist's Mate Gary Thompson, Naval Supply

Chief Machinist's Mate Gary Thompson, Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Detachment Hachinohe Fuel Terminal manager, left, heads into Hachinohe Port aboard a rapid-response skimmer boa... More

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Response crews remove fuel from the damaged MOC-12 barge after reconfiguring oil-pump equipment near mile marker 436 near Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 31, 2013. Skimming vessel crews have recovered approximately 8,40... More

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Response crews remove fuel from the damaged MOC-12 barge after reconfiguring oil-pump equipment near mile marker 436 near Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 31, 2013. Skimming vessel crews have recovered approximately 8,40... More

MOC-12 Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

MOC-12 Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guardsmen and response crews conduct clean-up and oil transfer operations on the barge MOC-12 near mile marker 436 on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 30, 2013. Skimming vessels have rec... More

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

A tug pushing 35 barges passes under the Vicksburg, Miss., bridges before making its way past oil removal operations near mile marker 436 on the Mississippi River, Jan. 31, 2013. More than 60 vessels and 900 ba... More

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Skimming vessel crews conduct clean-up operations while oil transfer operations take place on the barge MOC-12 at mile marker 436 on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 30, 2013. Skimming vessels ... More

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Overflight of MOC-12 oil spill response

Response crews remove fuel from the damaged MOC-12 barge after reconfiguring oil-pump equipment near mile marker 436 near Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 31, 2013. Skimming vessel crews have recovered approximately 8,40... More

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Oak set up

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Oak set up

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Oak set up equipment for a Spilled Oil Recovery System exercise, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, in Charleston Harbor. The system includes a metal arm, floating boom to gat... More

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot Seagoing BuoyTender, work to deploy the skimming and pumping component of a Spilled Oil Recovery System in the Columbia River near Astoria, Ore., Sept. 25,2... More

Performance Assessment Representative Seaman Recruit Alexis Walker of Port Operations throws a wood block into the lagoon during Oil Spill Response Training (OSRT).

Performance Assessment Representative Seaman Recruit Alexis Walker of ...

DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Dec. 03, 2013) Performance Assessment Representative Seaman Recruit Alexis Walker of Port Operations throws a wood block into the lagoon during Oil Spill Response T... More

Coast Guard personnel and various state and federal

Coast Guard personnel and various state and federal

Coast Guard personnel and various state and federal entities observe as Alaska Chadux Corporation personnel demonstrate proper equipment use and techniques for oil spill response in Bethel, Alaska, July 25, 201... More

Coast Guard responds to sheen from container ship in Oakland, CA

Coast Guard responds to sheen from container ship in Oakland, CA

The Matsonia, a 713-foot U.S.-flagged container ship, is shown moored at Matson Terminal in Oakland, California, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. The Coast Guard responded after the ship's crew reported a sheen in the wa... More

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock,

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock,

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., load oil-spill-recovery gear in the ship's cargo hold while moored at Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich., Jan. 23, 2012. ... More

A Workskiff utility boat drags a response boom around

A Workskiff utility boat drags a response boom around

A Workskiff utility boat drags a response boom around a simulated oil spill in Hachinohe Port here. Members of Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Detachment Hachinohe Fuel Terminal's ... More

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