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S46-86-069 - STS-046 - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba and Gulf Stream, USA

The original finding aid described this as: Description: These unique photos offer a view of the Florida peninsula, the western Bahamas, north central Cuba and the deep blue waters of the Gulf Stream that hugs... More

US COAST GUARD PIPELINE SPILL - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO (Sept. 27, 2004)- The pipeline leak at Main Pass Block 69 is shown in an earlier Coast Guard assessment overflight. The cleanup operations have been completed in the area, about 30 miles east/sou... More

DOG deploys MSST to Hurricane Dean

GALVESTON, Texas - Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston attempt to get their gun qualifications up-to-date Aug. 21, 2007, before a possible deployment in response to Hurricane Dean. The Deploy... More

Spic and Span - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO - Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Clark, a machinery technician, cleans around the base of one of three ship's service diesel generators onboard Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, May 22, 2008. Engineer... More

Afloat Training Group - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Chief Petty Officer Nathaniel Peterson, a damage controlman of Afloat Training Group Pacific, demonstrates to Ensign Miguel Augustin, a repair locker leader, more efficient damage control tacti... More

Controlled burn training - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Fire-resistant, oil-containment boom hangs from the stern as the crew aboard the motor vessel Poppa John train off the coast of Venice, La., May 3, 2010. The crew is being trained to deploy th... More

Controlled oil burn - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Sawyer, left, and Alex Smith, product engineer for Elastec/American Marine Inc., observe a controlled oil burn from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of M... More

Q4000 - U.S. Coast guard photo - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - The mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 arrives at the Deepwater Horizon site where it will take aboard a pollution containment chamber that was delivered by the motor vessel Joe Griffin May 6,... More

Coast Gaurd HC-144, US Coast Guard Photo

100506-N-4281P-012, MOBILE, Ala. (May 06, 2010) - A Coast Gaurd HC-144 takes off from Brookley Field in Mobile, Ala., to fly reporters and civil leaders over the Deepwater Horizon spill site. Deepwater Horizon ... More

Atlantic Strike Team National Strike Force

100507-N-1531D-091 - GULF OF MEXICO - (May 7, 2010) Machinery Technician 2nd Class Andrew Johnson, from Atlantic Strike Team National Strike Force, visually examines seawater with possible oil contaminant aboar... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Seaman Alex Colebrooke, from Crystal River, Fla., is covered head to toe in crude oil after bringing a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System back on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Clai... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne work together to move a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System into the Gulf, May 8, 2010. VOSS is used to help remove oil from the ... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Petty Officer 2nd Class James Skinner, from Elba, Ala., grabs a hold of Seaman Alex Colebrooke, from Crystal River, Fla., to help him from slipping on the oil covered deck of U.S. Coast Guard C... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne remove an oil covered boom that was part of a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System, May 8, 2010. VOSS is used to help remove oil from ... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Petty Officer 2nd Class James Skinner, from Elba, Ala., radios the bridge of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne to update the progress of the oil clean up, May 8, 2010. The Claiborne is eq... More

Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team

100512-N-1531D-306 - RACCOON ISLAND, La. - (May 12, 2010) A Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) discovers oil debris on the shoreline of Raccoon Island. Raccoon Island is a protected bird breeding sanctua... More

US COAST GUARD Town hall

100513-N-1531D-205 - PORT SULPHUR, La. - (May 13, 2010) U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Edwin Stanton, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Deputy On-Scene Coordinator for Incident Command Post Houma, La., speaks with t... More

US COAST GUARD Deepwater Horizon

100513-N-1531D-213 - PORT SULPHUR, La. - (May 13, 2010) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Deputy On-Scene Coordinator Coast Guard Capt. Edwin Stanton speaks with television media after a town hall meeting wh... More

US COAST GUARD Deepwater Horizon

GULF of MEXICO - Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise May 16, 2010, in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to... More

Offshore Overflight of Discoverer Enterprise

Operations continue to mitigate the effects of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, May 23, including flaring operations conducted by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise.

Oil spill response dispersants - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Coast Guard Ens. Adam Mosley, a marine biology undergraduate, prepares a hydrolab used to analyze water temperature and Ph levels in the Gulf of Mexico, May 27, 2010. Mosley, a member of one of... More

Coast Guard Cutter Elm - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - The Coast Guard Cutter Elm pumps recovered oil directly to an attached barge using the ship's skimmer 20 nautical miles south of Gulf Shores, Ala. This technique enables faster and safer collec... More

Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill - ATLANTIC

Ships mass at the scene of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill June 9 as the Discoverer Enterprise recovers oil from the stricken oil well 5,000 feet below. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class John Masson.

Sweeping arm system skimmer vessel

HOUMA, La. A sweeping arm system, fitted on a commercial vessel, collects oil in the Gulf of Mexico June 10, 2010. Rigged with the skimming technology, the vessel becomes a more effective element in the nation'... More

Raccoon Island boom - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO --- Coast Guard Cutter Axe crewmembers and civilian contractors set boom along the northeast shoreline of Raccoon Island, approximately 20 miles south of Cocodrie, La., June 16, 2010. Raccoon Isl... More

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

Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Unified Area Command

GULF OF MEXICO - Rear Adm. James Watson, Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Unified Area Command, boards the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress, June 26, 2010. Watson is touring Coast Guard assets throughout the are... More

Deepwater Horizon spill site - ATLANTIC

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Malcolm Kennedy steers the small boat detached from the Resolute as Fireman Ryan Leonard looks out for boat traffic while motoring near the Deepwater Horizon site, July 4, 2010. ... More

US COAST GUARD A Whale - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXCIO-The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute appears to be dwarfed by the stern of the M/V "A Whale" while conducting a test of its oil skimming capabilities on open water as part of the Deepwater Horizon re... More

Secretary of Navy visits Louisiana

Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Ray Mabus, center, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, right, and local community leaders speak to the press on the campus of the University of New O... More

In-Situ Burn, US Coast Guard Photo

George Ross, a Briggs employee from Aberdeen, Scotland, places an igniter package in oil contained by fire boom in the Gulf of Mexico July 10, 2010. Ross is part of the team that conducts In-Situ Burns near the... More

Resolute - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO - An HH-65 rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans approaches the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute for touch-and-go landings at sunset July 12, 2010. The flight ... More

Fighting the oil spill - ATLANTIC

100713-G-5030M-001 -- GULF OF MEXICO -- The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute works near the "City at Sea" at the site of the BP oil spill Tuesday afternoon. The Resolute. a medium-endurance cutter based in St. Pete... More

Fighting oil spill - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO - One of two relief wells at the Deepwater Horizon accident site prepares for Tropical Storm Bonnie, July 23, 2010. The Q-4000 and Helix Producer oil rigs where moved in to drill in the relief ... More

Deepwater Horizon Response Decisive

GULF OF MEXICO - The crew of the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Decisive prepares to launch one of the small boats to observe the Deepwater Horizon relief well drilling site July 31, 2010. The Decisive is a medium... More

Deepwater Horizon response Decisive

GULF OF MEXICO - The landing signal officer directs passengers offloading an Air Station New Orleans-based HH-65 helicopter on the deck of the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Decisive July 31, 2010. Both assets are... More

US COAST GUARD Deepwater Horizon

GULF OF MEXICO - The Helix Producer oil response vessel standbys' near the Deepwater Horizon site August 3, 2010. The Helix Producer was used to help assist in collecting oil from the damaged well site. U.S. Co... More

CGC Decisive Static Kill - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - The Coast Guard Cutter Decisive's small boat crew patrols the area near the BP wellhead, Aug. 3, 2010. The drilling rig continues preparations to begin the "static kill", an operation in which... More

Deepwater Horizon Q4000 - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Terry Moore and Ruban Chandran, of BP, discuss static kill operations aboard the Helix Energy Solutions Q4000 Aug. 3, 2010. The static kill of the Deepwater Horizon well began Aug. 3 and crews ... More

Deepwater Horizon BOP extraction

GULF OF MEXICO (Sept. 4, 2010) - "The damaged Blow Out Preventer (BOP), along with the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap, have been removed from the Gulf of Mexico and are currently on board the Q4000. The ... More

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

First Sentinel-class cutter's sea trials

GULF COAST -- Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., personnel prepare to begin the builder's sea trials in the Gulf Coast Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber, the Coast Guard's first Sen... More

Coast Guard law enforcement team, USS Oak Hill seize cocaine shipment

GULF OF MEXICO - Bales of cocaine, seized by a Coast Guard law enforcement team, are shown ready for transport off of the USS Oak Hill, Dec. 9, 2011. Working jointly with the Oak Hill's crew, the Coast Guard te... More

A pygmy killer whale is hoisted by crewmembers from

A pygmy killer whale is hoisted by crewmembers from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress, NOAA, the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies, and the Navy Marine Mammal Program July 11, 2016. Two pygmy killer whales were ... More

The crew aboard the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conducts

The crew aboard the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conducts firefighting training on Jan. 12, 2021, off the Gulf Coast of the United States. Stone departed on their maiden voyage in December. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk flies across the horizon

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk flies across the horizon over the Gulf of Mexico during Southern Strike 17, Oct. 28, 2016. SSTK 17 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Ai... More

1707014-N-BK435-0019 GULF OF MEXICO (July 14, 2017)

1707014-N-BK435-0019 GULF OF MEXICO (July 14, 2017) Military Sealift Command civilian mariner Bruce Connor, chief mate aboard USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1), teaches crewmembers firefighting techniques in the ship’s ... More

201130-N-YD864-1046 GULF OF MEXICO (Nov. 30, 2020)

201130-N-YD864-1046 GULF OF MEXICO (Nov. 30, 2020) - Chief Gunner's Mate Jay Rio shoots the M4 rifle during a live-fire exercise aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), Nov. 30,... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender crewed by Reserve Citizen

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender crewed by Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, refuels a U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Gulf of Mexico ... More

Eight throttles control the engines of a B-52 Stratofortress

Eight throttles control the engines of a B-52 Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., 28,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico Oct. 13, 2016. The B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a var... More

The Coast Guard issued the final Certificate of Inspection

The Coast Guard issued the final Certificate of Inspection aboard the Shell platform Appomattox in the Gulf of Mexico, February 15, 2019. The Coast Guard develops and maintains policy, standards, and program al... More

Damage assessment teams, from the 1st Special Operations

Damage assessment teams, from the 1st Special Operations Wing, conducted sweeps across base to determine the impact of Hurricane Sally on Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 17, 2020. The most impactful effects the ... More

1st Special Operations Wing Air Commandos prepare to

1st Special Operations Wing Air Commandos prepare to evacuate MC-130H Combat Talon IIs at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 28, 2020. In an abundance of caution, 1st SOW leadership began evacuations to prepare for ... More

Capt. Lance Adsit, 20th Bomb Squadron pilot, takes

Capt. Lance Adsit, 20th Bomb Squadron pilot, takes mission notes from the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress in the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico Oct. 13, 2016. Two B-52s from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., a... More

Aircrew with the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct

Aircrew with the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct a training mission on a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during a flight over Northwest Florida, Nov. 30, 2016. Air Commandos conduct water training as a ... More

The Coast Guard issued the final Certificate of Inspection

Tech. Sgt. Brent Slyter, 71st Rescue Squadron loadmaster,

Tech. Sgt. Brent Slyter, 71st Rescue Squadron loadmaster, scans the area after dropping a flare, Oct. 31, 2017, over the Gulf of Mexico. The crew practiced rescue operations in a simulated scenario over the Gul... More

191216-N-RL695-1004 GULF OF MEXICO (December 16, 2019)

191216-N-RL695-1004 GULF OF MEXICO (December 16, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) participate in a pinning ceremony to become Petty Officer ... More

Damage assessment teams, from the 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jonathan Egboiyi, a pavements

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jonathan Egboiyi, a pavements and construction equipment journeyman with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a chainsaw to cut a fallen tree at Hurlburt Field, ... More

170825-N-N0101-500 GULF OF MEXICO (Aug. 25, 2017) An

170825-N-N0101-500 GULF OF MEXICO (Aug. 25, 2017) An infrared satellite image of Hurricane Harvey, a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Harvey is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h),... More

170825-N-N0101-502 GULF OF MEXICO (Aug. 25, 2017) A

170825-N-N0101-502 GULF OF MEXICO (Aug. 25, 2017) A GOES-13 satellite image from the Naval Research Laboratory taken at 2:00 p.m. EST Aug. 25, 2017 shows Hurricane Harvey approaching the Texas coast moving nort... More

Nautical Chart of Brazos Santiago, Texas Showing Location of Lighthous...

Map and Plans Relating to the Lighthouse at Lazaretto Point, Maryland

S26-44-081 - STS-026 - STS-26 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-26 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-26 Categories: Earth Observations I... More

S04-20-030 - STS-004 - Earth Observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations include: Mexico; Baja - California, Sonora, Gulf of California. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) PACIFIC OCEAN CLOUD... More

Aerial bow view of the oiler PLATTE (AO-186) underway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Avondale Shipyards, Inc. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial port beam view of the patrol combatant-missile (hydrofoil) U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: D. Taylor Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial starboard beam view of the guided missile destroyer USS MITS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

STS094-701-033 - STS-094 - Color infrared Earth observations taken dur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-94 mission from the space shuttle Columbia. Photos were taken with color infrared film. Subject Terms: EARTH OB... More

DOG deploys MSST to Hurricane Dean

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A variety of agencies come together Aug. 23, 2007, at the Port of Brownsville to provide security, emergency medical and support services, and monitoring for pollution as approximately 120 ... More

Fuel, Oil and Water King - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Hoppenrath, a machinery technician, monitors the liquid load onboard Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, May 22, 2008. Hoppenrath, a fuel, oil and water king, can adjust ... More

Plotting chart positions - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Coast Guard Academy Cadet 3rd Class Amy Tow plots chart positions on Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf's messdeck, June 17, 2008. Tow is spending her summer with Bertholf as part of the Academy train... More

Cutter Claiborne to join the search

GULF OF MEXICO - In this photo from the U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Perrigo tells the crew on the bow of the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne to cast off their lines Oct. 30, 2009. The Claib... More

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Controlled burn training - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - The crew aboard the motor vessel Poppa John train to deploy fire-resistant, oil-containment boom off the coast of Venice, La., May 3, 2010. The crew is being trained to deploy the boom for poss... More

Controlled burn training - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Shrimp boats tow fire-resistant, oil-containment boom as their crews conduct controlled burn training off the coast of Venice, La., May 3, 2010. The training is designed to help local fisherma... More

Deepwater Horizon incident - ATLANTIC

GULF of MEXICO - The motor vessel Joe Griffin exits the jetties in Port Fourchon, La., carrying a pollution containment chamber May 5, 2010. The chamber was designed to capture the oil discharge that was a res... More

Controlled oil burn - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO - Crewmembers of Gulf Handler, a contracted fishing vessel, observe a controlled oil burn in the Gulf of Mexico, May 5, 2010. Local residents conducted the controlled burn in partnership with th... More

Booming an Island - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF of MEXICO - Workers lay down boom around Eades Island, La., May 6, 2010. Booms are being deployed in the event oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident site threaten shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty... More

US COAST GUARD Controlled Burn - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO (May 6, 2010) -- Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and ot... More

US COAST GUARD Deepwater Horizon

100506-N-6070S-011 Gulf of Mexico (May 6, 2010) --The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the controlled burn to aid in preventing the spre... More

US COAST GUARD Controlled Burn - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO (May 6, 2010) -- Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled burn in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and ot... More

US COAST GUARD Controlled Burn - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO (May 6, 2010) -- Steve Henne, of Marine Spill Response Corp. heads out to begin a controlled burn in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, ... More

Deepwater Horizon spill site

100506-N-4281P-002, MOBILE, Ala. (May 06, 2010) - A Coast Gaurd HC-144 takes off from Brookley Field in Mobile, Ala., to fly reporters and civil leaders over the Deepwater Horizon spill site. Deepwater Horizon ... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Lt. j.g. Jesse Stewart, a District 11 Response Advisory Team member, examines his gloves covered with crude oil after bringing a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System back on board the U.S. Coa... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Crewmembers from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne observe the operation of a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System that they placed into the Gulf, May 8, 2010. VOSS is used to help remo... More

U.S. Coast Guard cutter VOSS - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Seaman Isaac Barraza, from Salt Lake City, examines a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System deployed from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne, May 8, 2010. VOSS is used to remove oil from ... More

US COAST GUARD Viking Poseidon - ATLANTIC

GULF of MEXICO - David Scott pilots a remotely operated vehicle as a small pollution containment chamber, known as the "top hat," is lowered into the Gulf of Mexico by the motor vessel Viking Poseidon May 11, 2... More

US COAST GUARD ROV operator - ATLANTIC

GULF of MEXICO - Montana Wallace pilots a remotely operated vehicle as a small pollution containment chamber, known as the "top hat," is lowered into the Gulf of Mexico by the motor vessel Viking Poseidon May 1... More

US COAST GUARD Deepwater Horizon

GULF OF MEXICO - The mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 holds position directly over the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer, May 18, 2010, as the drillship Discoverer Enterprise burns gas that is bein... More

Oil spill response dispersants - ATLANTIC

GULF OF MEXICO - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Kurt Stricklen and Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Schenk, specialists in hazardous material and oil spill response, collect oil samples in the Gulf of Mexico, ... More

Oil clean up vehicles on beach.

HOUMA, La. --- Crews aboard beach clean-up vehicles sift oil on the southeast Louisiana shoreline, June 10, 2010. Thousands of crews using spill-response technology, as part of the nation's largest oil spill re... More

Brooks McCall - U.S. Coast guard photo

GULF OF MEXICO - Sampling operations aboard the Vessel Brooks McCall. The Niskin bottles in the picture are used to sample water at depths up to 1000 meters. This photo was taken on June 23, 2010. US EPA Photo.

Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Unified Area Command

GULF OF MEXICO - Rear Adm. James Watson, Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Unified Area Command, talks to Ricky Plaisance, captain of the Dirk Danos, a motor vessel attached to a collection barge moored to t... More

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

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.

Deepwater Horizon spill site - ATLANTIC

The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute steams near the Deepwater Horizon spill site, July 4, 2010. The Resolute, home-ported in St. Petersburg, Fla., is serving as a search and rescue guard to help support and protect... More

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

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

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