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Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot buoy tender, prepare to assist with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Pensacola, Fla., May 3, 2010. The Oak is homeported in Charleston, S.C.

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Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot buoy tender, prepare to assist with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Pensacola, Fla., May 3, 2010. The Oak is homeported in Charleston, S.C.

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