DATE: July 23, 2008 17:28:34 CST
07-23-08: Coast Guard makes oil spill photographs available
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Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
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| Photo Release |
Date: July 23, 2008
Contact: PA2 Thomas M. Blue
(504) 671-2020
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| In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Mackall, prepares a mooring line to tie up the 41-foot smallboat to a pier in downtown New Orleans during patrols of a safety zone after the motor vessel Tintomara and the tugboat, the Mel Oliver, collided in Mississippi River Wednesday, July 23, 2008 spilling approximately 419,000 gallons of number 6 fuel oil.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue) |
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The following photography hand-out is provided free of charge to duplicate and distribute as desired.
Please credit as a "U.S. Coast Guard photograph."
U.S. Coast Guard - Saving Lifes Since 1790
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