Coast Guard tests and removes oil during Coimbra oil recovery operations

SHINNECOCK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

07.18.2019

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes 

U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York

Petty Officer Joshua Stewart takes an oil sample during the Coimbra oil recovery operation and an tank of recovered oil is transferred for disposal. A unified command of US Coast Guard and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began recovery operations on May 11, 2019 after discovering a significant amount of oil trapped in the Coimbra wreck. The Coimbra was a British supply ship carrying oil to Nova Scotia when is was torpedoed by German U-Boat 123 in January, 1942. US Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes

• Date Taken: 07.18.2019
• Date Posted: 07.18.2019 15:17
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 697616
• VIRIN: 190718-G-SF967-842
• Filename: DOD_107027693
• Length: 00:00:46
• Location: SHINNECOCK, NEW YORK, US