Incidents Gallery

[NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Estimates of the total amount of fuel oil spilled into Crown Bay ranged from 21,000 to 100,000 gallons. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Oiled dog. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Oil-covered rocky shores of Crown Bay. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Oil-covered beach near ST. Thomas resident's homes. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Spill responders use measuring devices to measure the oil saturation of the shoreline beaches. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Oil-covered rocky shoreline of St. Thomas Island. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Oil-covered beach. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Large amounts of oil cover this rocky shore and coat the surface water. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. A small crustacean heavily coated with oil. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Booms and sorbents are stretched across Krum Bay in order to prevent oil from entering water intake pipes of the desalinization plant. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Overflight observation of oil sheens in a cove off ST. Thomas Island. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Dead sea turtle is removed from water. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Overflight observation shows large oil sheens on the water along the shoreline of ST. Thomas Island. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Booms are placed off the shoreline to protect vegetated beaches from the oil. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. The Barge ST. THOMAS. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Very thick oil is contained near the shoreline by containment booms. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Thick oil washes ashore onto this rocky and vegetated shoreline. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Booms are placed along seawalls to prevent the spread of the oil. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Measuring devices such as rulers are used to calculate the depth of oil saturation on beaches. Barge ST. THOMAS incident, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1986. Heavy sheens of oil coat the surface water.

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