Diving down to history to protect the present
ATLANTIC OCEAN – A team assists one of the divers as he prepares to enter the water and begin work 180 feet below the surface on the tanker Coimbra wreck. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Allyson E.T. Conroy)
by Chief Warrant Officer Allyson E.T. Conroy
After days of stormy seas and gray skies, the mid-May sun warms the deck where Resolve Marine Group’s team works aboard...
Coast Guard to conduct underwater assessment on Coimbra wreck
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard has contracted Resolve Marine Group to conduct a full assessment of oil remaining on the Coimbra wreck, located approximately 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock, N.Y. If substantial oil still remains, and if feasible, the Coast Guard will work with Resolve Marine Group to remove oil from the wreck in order to reduce pollution risks to the environment.
The operation...
ESF-10 Unified Command oversees removal of displaced vessel at Rachel Carson Reserve
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Grayson, a marine science technician assigned to Marine Safety Unit Portland, Ore., and Paula Gillikin, a natural resources manager with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, document the transfer of a houseboat that was displaced onto land at the Rachel Carson Reserve, a dedicated nature preserve, back into shallow water for future removal, ...
