GULF SHORES, Ala. - The Coast Guard Cutter Cypress has fast sweep boom deployed to skim oil in the Gulf of Mexico less than two miles from the beaches of Gulf Shores June 11, 2010. The Cutter Cypress is one of several Coast Guard cutters skimming oil in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the ongoing Administration-wide effort to combat the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.U.S. Coast Guard photo by 1st Class Cadet Jonathan Stimmell.