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Deep-Water Diver Fits a Pumping System to Recover Oil from the Coimbra Shipwreck
U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York
July 18, 2019 | 0:17
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.
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