[Red_Devil 232]

Do you have proof that there are "quite a few of these skimmers"? Put it here! Link - this is the only one in existance - it was modified just for the Gulf - CLICK and read.

[ml/nj]

this is the only one in existance(sic)

I only had read that this "Whale" was the largest skimmer. I inferred from this that there were others. So I googled oil skimmer ships and a link to this pdf of some ship built in 2000, complete with picture. I suggest you have a look.

ML/NJ

[editor-surveyor]

The Dutch, Norweigian, and French have quite a number of skimmer ships, most of which were designed and built from keel up to be skimmers.