Picture 1 (above): The Weeks 533 construction vessel and its cranes sit behind the first yellow jacket foundation, which was lowered onto the seabed on Sunday. In the background is the southeastern coast of Block Island.
Picture 2: A host of VIPs gathered to mark the event. From left: Deepwater Wind chief executive Jeff Grybowski; D.E. Shaw managing partner Bryan Martin; US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island); US Congressman Jim Langevin (D-Rhode Island); US Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island); Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell; US Congressman David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island); Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.
Picture 3: Jeff Grybowski and Sheldon Whitehouse give a thumbs up to the workers on board the Weeks 533.
