100506-N-6430R-012 PORT PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 6, 2010) - An alligator near Port Pascagoula, Mississippi, remains protected by oil containment booms placed by BP contracted workers after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Port Pascagoula is the largest port in Mississippi and the 16th largest in the United States. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra deepwater oil rig that sank April 22, 2010, causing an oil spill near the U.S. Gulf Coast. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas L. Rosprim / Not Released)