Coast Guard members conduct Spilled Oil Recovery System deployment training in Sitka, Alaska [Image 6 of 11]

SITKA, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

07.31.2019

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

Coast Guard members hoist inflatable boom out of a storage container during Spilled Oil Recovery System deployment training aboard the Guard Cutter Kukui while moored in Sitka, Alaska, July 31, 2019.

The inflatable boom can be deployed from either side of the vessel and diverts oil to a skimmer that’s used to recover the oil from the water.

U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Long.

• Date Taken: 07.31.2019
• Date Posted: 09.20.2019 14:37
• Photo ID: 5770073
• VIRIN: 190731-G-G0217-1004
• Resolution: 2016x1512
• Size: 873.37 KB
• Location: SITKA, ALASKA, US