Saturday, December 18 



Weather Air: High visibility. Scattered clouds. High winds west- 



Conditions northwest at 30 knots. 



(Daylight) Sea: Five- to 8-foot waves. 



Avgo Merchant 41° 02.0'N 69° 27. 5W Bearing 0800-250°, 1200-240°, 1700-244° 



Ship listing 15° to starboard. Pitch and yaw movement. 



USCG 0600: USCGC Bittersweet and first barge depart. 



Operations barge in area. 



1035: Strike force boards Argo Merchant. 



1513: Strike force departs. 



USCGC Vigilant on scene entire day. 



Second 



Overflights 0600: PA-23. Current measurements. 



0837: HU-16E. Infrared mapping. Surface markers. Deploy- 

 ment of current probes, dye markers, and drift cards. 



NOAA/USCG 

 SOR Team 

 Operations 



Personnel aboard PA-23 and HU-16E. 



Other Oil sample taken by Milgram from tanker cargo. 



Operations AMSI overflight. 



Ship Cruises 



Spill Globs of oil drifting from starboard side of Argo Merchant 



Characteristics and forward of her bow. "Pancakes" observed 27 miles east 

 of ship. Heavy plume forming horseshoe path 7^2 miles long. 



Coordination 

 Meetings and 

 Briefings 



WHOI Ooeanus cruise coordination meeting at Woods Hole. 



II-6 



