Abstract: A vessel having an apparatus for picking up oil from water. The apparatus is supported by a deck of the vessel, and includes a support frame adapted to be supported by the deck and functions to extend into a body of water having oil. A plurality of rollers is rotatably secured to the support frame, with one of the rollers functioning for moving an endless metal wire-like conveyor entrained over the rollers. A pick-up frame is secured to an end of the support frame. The pick-up frame has a pair of rollers rotatably supporting the wire-like conveyor. A guide member is supported by a deck of the vessel. A spring biased shaft slidably passes through the guide member. A roller support frame is secured to the end of the spring biased shaft and has a pair of guide rollers rotatably secured thereto for guiding and conveying the wire-like conveyor.