Petty Officer 2nd Class Fred Bollinger,
of U.S. Coast Guard Station Venice,
La., stands by while the offshore
supply vessel, Lee III, is lowered onto
a barge in the Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River Feb. 29, 2004. U.S.
Coast Guard photo by PA3 Jonathan
McCool
The offshore supply vessel, Lee III,
hangs over the Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River Feb. 29, 2004. U.S.
Coast Guard photo by PA3 Jonathan
McCool
The offshore supply vessel, Lee III,
being salvaged from the Southwest
Pass of the Mississippi River Feb. 29,
2004. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3
Jonathan McCool
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill
patrols nearby as the wreckage of the
Lee III is removed from the Mississippi
River's Southwest Pass Wednesday,
Feb. 25. Salvage of the Lee III
continues as the waterway remains
open to all traffic.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by CWO Adam Wine)
Salvage crews work to move and
secure the wreckage of the Lee III
while a ship transits the Mississippi
River's Southwest Pass, Wednesday,
Feb. 25. Salvage of the Lee III
continues as the waterway remains
open to all traffic.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by CWO Adam Wine)
A Coast Guardsman watches a ship
transit the Mississippi River's
Southwest Pass Wednesday, Feb. 25 as
the wreckage of the Lee III lies to the
left. Salvage of the Lee III continues as
the waterway remains open to all
traffic.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by CWO Adam Wine
Petty Officer Dustin Dean from Station
Venice, La., observes slavage
operations for the Lee III Wednesday
evening, Feb. 25, in the Southwest
Pass. Vessels began moving upriver
after a five-day closure.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Dubach, a
marine science technician from Coast
Guard Marine Safety Office New
Orleans, observes the tanker Zim
Mexico III in the Mississippi River's
foggy Southwest Pass today. Preparing
to salvage the Lee III, Dubach and
crew, including personnel from
Environmental Safety and Health, and
a pollution insurance surveyor,
monitored the correct placement of
containment and an absorbent boom.
The Zim Mexico III remains restricted
to Pilottown anchorage at mile marker
1.5, above Head of Passes. U.S. Coast
Guard photo by PA2 Kyle Niemi.
The currents of the Mississippi River swirl around the partially exposed hull of the LEE III. The five crewmem aboard the vessel remain missing after a collision between it and the ZIM MEXICO III Saturday morning near Pilottown, La.