Imagery Release: U.S. Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to assess Tanker Coimbra

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/08/2019 10:26 AM EDT

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Imagery Release: U.S. Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to assess Tanker Coimbra

Coast Guard crewmembers work alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Resolve Marine Group to help assess the condition of the Coimbra wreck on April 30, 2019. The Coimbra was a supply ship owned by Great Britain when the ship was sunk off the coast of Long Island, during World War II by a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Long Island Sound)   Coast Guard, partner agencies assess Coimbra wreck
Coast Guard crewmembers work alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Resolve Marine Group to help assess the condition of the Coimbra wreck on April 30, 2019. The Coimbra was a supply ship owned by Great Britain when the ship was sunk off the coast of Long Island, during World War II by a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Long Island Sound)   Coast Guard, partner agencies assess Coimbra wreck
Coast Guard crewmembers work alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Resolve Marine Group to help assess the condition of the Coimbra wreck on April 30, 2019. The Coimbra was a supply ship owned by Great Britain when the ship was sunk off the coast of Long Island, during World War II by a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Long Island Sound)   Coast Guard crewmembers work alongside New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Resolve Marine Group to help assess the condition of the Coimbra wreck between May 1 - 4, 2019. The Coimbra was a supply ship owned by Great Britain when the ship was sunk off the coast of Long Island, during World War II by a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Rodion Mazin)

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NEW LONDON, Conn – The U.S. Coast Guard and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, along with contracted Resolve Marine Group, continue to assess the tanker Coimbra located approximately 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock, N.Y.

Media interested in attending the press conference scheduled for Thursday morning at Station Fire Island should contact Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy at 212-514-4292 or Allyson.e.conroy@uscg.mil no later than 4 p.m., Wednesday. Media should be prepared to show press credentials upon arriving Station Fire Island.

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