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Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach |
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| Video Release |
Date: May 2, 2007
Contact: Lt. j.g. Andrew Munoz |
| COAST GUARD SUCCESSFULLY TESTS OIL SPILL RESPONSE EQUIPMENT |
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MP4 format : http://www.uscglosangeles.com/clients/c834/77030.mp4 |
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Long Beach, Calif - Today the Coast Guard successfully tested its own oil spill response equipment in Long Beach Harbor just outside Alamitos Bay. The San Pedro, Calif. based 175-foot buoy tender, Coast Guard cutter George Cobb, participated in the annual exercise of the Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS). The VOSS is a portable oil spill skimming system designed to convert any suitable ship available into a single ship oil-recovery platform. In this exercise wood shavings were used to simulate a 500 gallon oil spill. |
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