Lee III capsizing

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  March 01, 2004
  Damage to the Lee III (1.24 MB)
  
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  March 01, 2004
  Standing Ready (1.39 MB)
  
  Petty Officer 2nd Class Fred Bollinger, of U.S. Coast Guard Station Venice, La., stands by while the offshore supply vessel, Lee III, is lowered onto a barge in the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River Feb. 29, 2004. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Jonathan McCool
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  March 01, 2004
  Positioning the barge (1.40 MB)
  
  The offshore supply vessel, Lee III, hangs over the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River Feb. 29, 2004. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Jonathan McCool
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  March 01, 2004
  Hole in the side (1.11 MB)
  
  The offshore supply vessel, Lee III, being salvaged from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River Feb. 29, 2004. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Jonathan McCool
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  February 27, 2004
  Salvage of Lee III 4 (115.46 KB)
  
  U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill patrols nearby as the wreckage of the Lee III is removed from the Mississippi River's Southwest Pass Wednesday, Feb. 25. Salvage of the Lee III continues as the waterway remains open to all traffic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by CWO Adam Wine)
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  February 27, 2004
  Salvage of Lee III 3 (143.66 KB)
  
  Salvage crews work to move and secure the wreckage of the Lee III while a ship transits the Mississippi River's Southwest Pass, Wednesday, Feb. 25. Salvage of the Lee III continues as the waterway remains open to all traffic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by CWO Adam Wine)
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  February 27, 2004
  Salvage of LEE III 2 (153.54 KB)
  
  A Coast Guardsman watches a ship transit the Mississippi River's Southwest Pass Wednesday, Feb. 25 as the wreckage of the Lee III lies to the left. Salvage of the Lee III continues as the waterway remains open to all traffic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by CWO Adam Wine
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  February 26, 2004
  Lee III Salvage Operations Continue (166.12 KB)
  
  Petty Officer Dustin Dean from Station Venice, La., observes slavage operations for the Lee III Wednesday evening, Feb. 25, in the Southwest Pass. Vessels began moving upriver after a five-day closure.
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  February 25, 2004
  Lee III capsizes in Southwest Pass; Zim Mexico III (851.53 KB)
  
  Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Dubach, a marine science technician from Coast Guard Marine Safety Office New Orleans, observes the tanker Zim Mexico III in the Mississippi River's foggy Southwest Pass today. Preparing to salvage the Lee III, Dubach and crew, including personnel from Environmental Safety and Health, and a pollution insurance surveyor, monitored the correct placement of containment and an absorbent boom. The Zim Mexico III remains restricted to Pilottown anchorage at mile marker 1.5, above Head of Passes. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA2 Kyle Niemi.
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  February 24, 2004
  The hull of the LEE III (331.49 KB)
  
  The currents of the Mississippi River swirl around the partially exposed hull of the LEE III. The five crewmem aboard the vessel remain missing after a collision between it and the ZIM MEXICO III Saturday morning near Pilottown, La.