The decommissioned cruise ship Aurora was refloated by contractors hired by a Unified Command, July 18, 2024, in the Little Potato Slough within the San Joaquin River Delta northwest of the City of Stockton, California. The Aurora sunk May 22, 2024, with an unknown amount of fuel on board and response teams removed 21,675 gallons of oily water during the response to mitigate pollution to the environment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Kristina Werner-Meris, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Oil Spill Response)