Story by Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 08.20.2012
Response crews continue cutting and removing sections of the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Monday, Aug. 20, to prepare the vessel for final removal and disposal from Mona Island, Puerto Rico....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 08.17.2012
Response crews began cutting and removing sections of the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Aug. 17, Friday to prepare the vessel for final removal and disposal from Mona Island, Puerto Rico....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 06.26.2012
The U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and various other federal, state and local response personnel were on scene on the South shore of Mona Island, Puerto Rico Tuesday to stage equipment in preparation for the removal of about 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the cargo freighter Jireh, Wednesday, June 27....