Photos of fishing vessels removing oil using a vaccum truck after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Photos of fishing vessel with vacuum truck aboard during the ‘89 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Fishing vessel Defiance with sewage vacuum truck sucking oil

Fishing vessel Defiance towing boom and sucking up oil with a vacuum truck aboard in 1989, Northwest Bay, Knight Island, Prince William Sound.

Fishing vessel Defiance with sewage vacuum truck sucking oil

Closeup picture of the fishing vessel Defiance in 1989 with sewage vacuum truck aboard. Tom Copeland reported, “We tightened up the boom by pulling the rear boom forward past the forward boom end. You can see the sucker hose down in the oil that is inches thick.”

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