DATE: February 28, 2008 4:00:43 PM CST
Photograph of: Coast Guard conducts VOSS deployment drill (3)
GALVESTON, Texas - The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Harry Claiborne deploys the Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System during a pollution response drill in Galveston Bay Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. The Coast Guard's VOSS equipment is strategically pre-positioned at several locations across the country and may be transported to a spill site on a single truck or by Coast Guard C-130 aircraft. The mobile equipment is totally self-contained and capable of being used quickly and effectively aboard any available vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero.

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