Deep-Water Diver Fits a Pumping System to Recover Oil from the Coimbra Shipwreck

SHINNECOCK, NY, UNITED STATES

07.18.2019

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes 

U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York

Deep-water diver fits a closed-circuit heated water pumping system to a valve on the Coimbra shipwreck to safely recover oil at a depth of 180 feet. 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 10:03
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 697469
• VIRIN: 190718-G-SF967-491
• Filename: DOD_107025797
• Length: 00:00:17
• Location: SHINNECOCK, NY, US