Coimbra Response Crews Work Aboard M/V SHELIA BORDELON

SHINNECOCK, NY, UNITED STATES

07.18.2019

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes 

U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York

Oil Spill Removal Organizations (OSROs) work alongside the US Coast Guard during the Coimbra oil recovery operation. 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 Resolve Marine.

• Date Taken: 07.18.2019
• Date Posted: 07.18.2019 10:04
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 697466
• VIRIN: 190718-G-SF967-201
• Filename: DOD_107025794
• Length: 00:00:10
• Location: SHINNECOCK, NY, US