Photo Release: Coast Guard responds to sunken tug in Richmond

RICHMOND, Calif. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Higgins monitors an oil skimmer that is removing oil from the water spilled from the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The Tiger sank last night at its moorings at the Port of Richmond at Potrero point, Dec. 11, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela J. Boehland.

RICHMOND, Calif. - Oil spill responders deploy boom and absorbent pads around the scene of the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The Tiger sank last night at its moorings at the Port of Richmond at Potrero point, Dec. 11, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela J. Boehland.

RICHMOND, Calif. - Oil spill responders deploy boom around the scene of the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The Tiger sank last night at its moorings at the Port of Richmond at Potrero point, Dec. 11, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela J. Boehland.

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