RedactedNarrative: ON 08/07/20 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, Operator WAS IN THE JAMES RIVER APPROACHING THE APPOMATTOX RIVER IN THE CHANNEL OPERATING A PROLINE CENTER CONSOLE BOAT THAT HE HAD JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED. AS HE PASSED THE MARION DREDGE IT WAS OVER TO HIS RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RIVER, HE SAW THE BALL MARKERS OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHANNEL. HE SAID HE HEARD A LOUD THUMP NOISE, HE THEN SAW THE LARGE PIPE COME UP BEHIND THE BOAT WHICH HE SAID WAS BLACK ABOUT EIGHT INCHES ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL. HE THEN SAID IT BOUNCED A COUPLE TIMES AND WENT BACK UNDER THE WATER. HE THEN CONFRONTED THE CREW ON THE SMALLER BOAT THE BLACK HAWK AND THEY CAME OUT IN THE BOAT. THE WORKER TOLD HIM THAT IT WOULD GO DOWN IN A MINUTE.