Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Potentially Polluting Wrecks: An Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 RUST, RULET, and the Potentially Polluting Wrecks Study -- 1.3 Site Assessment and Pollution Risk Remediation -- 1.4 Protecting Our Ocean Heritage -- References -- Chapter 2: Potentially Polluting Wrecks and the Legal Duty to Protect Our Ocean Heritage -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Initial Evolution of a Duty to Protect Our Ocean Heritage -- 2.2.1 1972 Stockholm Declaration -- 2.2.2 The World Heritage Convention Integrating the Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage -- 2.3 The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention: The General Legal Framework for Managing PPWs -- 2.3.1 General Provisions on the Duty to Protect the Marine Environment and PPWs -- 2.3.2 Articles Protecting Cultural Heritage Found at Sea (303) and in the Area (149) -- 2.4 Maritime Law Conventions and the Ocean Heritage: The IMO Endeavours -- 2.4.1 Natural Disasters by Human Activities -- 2.4.2 Cultural Disasters by Human Greed -- 2.4.3 The Wreck Removal Convention -- 2.5 A New Approach to Ocean Heritage -- 2.5.1 The Precautionary Approach as a Guide to Manage PPWs as UCH -- 2.5.2 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage -- 2.5.3 The Question of PPWs Which Are Both UCH and Warships or Other States Vessels -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Environmental Impact and Modeling of Petroleum Spills -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.3 Previous Work -- 3.4 Released Oil -- 3.5 Computational Spill Models -- 3.6 Acute Biological Effects -- 3.7 Seasonal Considerations -- 3.8 Validation Studies -- 3.9 Stochastic Assessments -- 3.10 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Corrosion Processes of Steel-Hulled Potentially Polluting Wrecks -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Corrosion Types in Shipwrecks.

4.3 OCP and General Corrosion Factors -- 4.4 Acute Environmental Factors -- 4.5 Cyclical Environmental Factors -- 4.6 Long-Term Environmental Factors -- 4.7 Anthropogenic Factors -- 4.8 Ship Construction, Condition, Impact, and Orientation -- 4.9 A History of Shipwreck Corrosion Analysis -- 4.10 Case Study: USS Arizona -- 4.11 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: From Desktop to Dive: Assessing the Pollution Potential of SS Fernstream, USNS Mission San Miguel and SS Coast Trader -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 SS Fernstream -- 5.3 USNS Mission San Miguel -- 5.4 SS Coast Trader -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Managing Potentially Polluting Wrecks in the United Kingdom -- 6.1 The Inception of Wreck Management in the UK -- 6.2 Current Wreck Management in the UK -- 6.3 Distribution of British PPW -- 6.4 Wreck Survey Techniques -- 6.5 Case Studies -- 6.5.1 RFA Darkdale -- 6.5.2 RFA War Mehtar -- 6.5.3 SS Derbent -- 6.5.4 HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse -- 6.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Polluting Wrecks in the Baltic Sea -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 History of Operations -- 7.3 Wrecks in the Baltic Region -- 7.4 Sweden -- 7.5 Finland -- 7.6 Russia -- 7.7 Estonia -- 7.8 Latvia -- 7.9 Lithuania -- 7.10 Poland -- 7.11 Germany -- 7.12 Denmark -- 7.13 Wreck Risk Assessment Methods -- 7.14 Case Studies of the Stuttgart and Franken Wrecks -- 7.14.1 SS Stuttgart -- 7.15 Supply Vessel Franken (Trossschiff Franken) -- 7.16 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Potentially Polluting Wrecks in the Blue Pacific -- 8.1 Introduction to Potentially Polluting Wrecks in the Pacific -- 8.2 History of PPW Management in the Pacific -- 8.3 U.S Government PPW Interventions in the Pacific -- 8.4 USS Mississinewa -- 8.5 Ex-USS Chehalis -- 8.6 Ex-USS Prinz Eugen -- 8.7 Japanese Government Interventions in the Pacific.

8.8 Current Situation of PPW in the Pacific -- 8.9 Case Study: Potentially Polluting Wrecks in Chuuk Lagoon -- 8.10 The FSM WWII Shipwreck Pollution Mitigation Project -- 8.11 Lessons and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Satellite Detection and the Discovery of Bloody Marsh -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 SS Bloody Marsh -- 9.3 Initial Expedition -- 9.4 Satellite Detection of Sea Surface Oil Slicks -- 9.5 Oil Slick Evidence Towards Bloody Marsh Wreck Location -- 9.6 Discovery -- 9.7 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Searching for a Lost PPW: SS William Rockefeller -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Why Bayesian Search? -- 10.3 Searching for Rockefeller -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Assessment Methodologies for Potentially Polluting Wrecks: The Need for a Common Approach -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Current Status of Wreck Assessment Methods -- 11.3 Our Experience in the Assessment of Potentially Polluting Wrecks -- 11.4 Case Study: Tug Simson -- 11.4.1 Case Study: Emergency Response Assessment -- 11.5 Wreck Assessment Methodologies-The Future -- References -- Chapter 12: Concluding Statement.

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