D8 External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
Multimedia Release
CORRECTION: Blowout preventer is transported to Michoud
CORRECTION: Plaquemine Parish Port Authority assisted in Saturday's escort of the blowout preventer. New Orleans Port Authority did not participate, as was previously reported.
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| NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard, Plaquemine Parish Port Authority and Homeland Security units provide an escort as the blowout preventer (BOP) of the Deepwater Horizon is transported on the Mississippi River into New Orleans, Sept. 11, 2010. The BOP will be used to help the joint BOEM/USCG investigation determine the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution, and sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with multiple loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann. |
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| NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard, Plaquemine Parish Port Authority and Homeland Security units provide an escort as the blowout preventer (BOP) of the Deepwater Horizon is transported on the Mississippi River into New Orleans, Sept. 11, 2010. The BOP will be used to help the joint BOEM/USCG investigation determine the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution, and sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with multiple loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann. |
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| NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard, Plaquemine Parish Port Authority and Homeland Security units provide an escort as the blowout preventer (BOP) of the Deepwater Horizon is transported on the Mississippi River into New Orleans, Sept. 11, 2010. The BOP will be used to help the joint BOEM/USCG investigation determine the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution, and sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with multiple loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann. |
For video of the BOP being transported to shore please click here.
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