PHOTO RELEASE: Unified Command assesses displaced vessels, conducts outreach over weekend

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/02/2018 10:30 AM EDT

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Sept. 27, 2018
U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Florence Response
Contact: ESF #10 Unified Command Joint Information Center
(757) 355-1042
ESF10Florence@gmail.com

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PHOTOS: Unified Command assessed vessels displaced by Hurricane Florence to identify pollution threats, contact owners (update #2)

Editor’s note: media interested in observing assessment or recovery operations along the North Carolina coast can contact the ESF #10 Joint Information Center at (757) 633-2607.

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Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers James King and Gregory Livingston, members of the Gulf strike team, evaluate a displaced sailboat in New Bern, South Carolina, Sept. 30, 2018.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers James King and Gregory Livingston, members of the Gulf Strike Team, evaluate a displaced sailboat in New Bern, North Carolina, Sept. 30, 2018.The ESF#10 Unified Command, consisting of U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission, was established to mitigate the environmental threat of vessels and containers displaced by Hurricane Florence. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Russell Strathern)

 
Members of the Emergency Support Function 10 unified command conduct waterside pollution assessments of a sunken vessel near Minnesott Beach, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2018.
Members of the Emergency Support Function #10 Unified Command conduct waterside pollution assessments of a sunken vessel near Minnesott Beach, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2018. The ESF#10 Unified Command, consisting of U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission, was established to mitigate the environmental threat of vessels and containers displaced by Hurricane Florence. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. David Connor)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Piquette places an identifying decal on a vessel displaced by Hurricane Florence near Oriental, N.C., Sept. 29, 2018
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Piquette places an identifying decal on a vessel displaced by Hurricane Florence near Oriental, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2018. The decal enables the vessel's owner to coordinate salvage operations with the Unified Command. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo by Katherine Krushinski.

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