Coast Guard and Local Agencies Remove Vessels Damaged by Hurricane Harvey

Coast Guard and Local Agencies Remove Damaged Vessels from Harvey

Edward Primeau and Chief Petty Officer Rich Forte, both of the Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team discuss the removal operations for a partially submerged vessel at Rockport Marina, Aransas, Texas, Sept. 29, 2017. The Coast Guard worked with the Texas General Land Office and contractors to remove displaced or partially submerged vessels after Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Higdon.

Coast Guard and Local Agencies Remove Damaged Vessels from Harvey

Bruce Simons, senior response officer for the Texas General Land Office and Coast Guard Lieutenant Jon Traxler, of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, discuss plans to attend the Seafair Festival in Rockport, Texas, as part of the Hurricane Harvey ESF-10 Unified Command community outreach effort on Oct. 11, 2017. The Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office have been fully integrated into a Unified Command with the mission assignment of removing displaced or partially submerged vessels as a result of Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Higdon.

Coast Guard and Local Agencies Remove Damaged Vessels from Harvey

James Dueñes, senior response officer of Texas General Land Office, Pete Jobes, salvage foreman of Global Marine Diving and Salvage, and Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessye Buswell, a marine science technician from Sector Lake Michigan, discuss future operations to remove fuel and float a sunken vessel damaged from Hurricane Harvey at Conn Brown Harbor, Aransas Pass, Texas Oct. 3, 2017. The Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office have been fully integrated into a Unified Command with the mission assignment of removing displaced or partially submerged vessels as a result of Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Higdon.

Coast Guard and Local Agencies Remove Damaged Vessels from Harvey

James Dueñes, senior response officer of Texas General Land Office, Pete Jobes, salvage foreman of Global Marine Diving and Salvage, and Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessye Buswell, a marine science technician from Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, discuss future operations to remove fuel and float a sunken vessel damaged from Hurricane Harvey at Conn Brown Harbor, Aransas Pass, Texas Oct. 3, 2017. The Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office have been fully integrated into a Unified Command with the mission assignment of removing displaced or partially submerged vessels as a result of Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Higdon.

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