Sunday, December 19 



Weather 



Conditions 



(Daylight) 



Air: High visibility. Thin overcast. Medium west winds 



at 18 knots. 

 Sea: Calm. Small waves and swells. 



Argo Merchant 



Ship bearing 239° Position 41° 02.0'N 69° 27.5'W 

 List 15° to starboard. 



USCG 1400: Strike force boards Argo Merchant. 



Operations 1430: Strike force departs. 



1645: Rigging of fenders and anchors. 



USCGC Vigilant on scene entire day. 



Mooring systems loaded. 



Overflights 0900: NASA C-54. 



1000: EPA oil survey. 

 1400: H-3. Mapping. 



markers . 

 1500: Cessna-182. Current probes. Drift cards. Dye markers, 



Current probes. Drift cards. Dye 



NOAA/USCG 

 SOR Team 

 Operations 



Personnel aboard H-3 and Cessna-182, 



Other 

 Operations 



Ship Cruises 



Spill Oil coming off bow of Argo Merchant. Heavy sickle-shaped 



Characteristics plume extending 16 miles, with an average width of 2 miles. 

 "Pancakes" observed and sampled. 



Coordination 

 Meetings and 

 Briefings 



II-7 



