Fir retuns to homeport - A large black and red boat in a body of water

ASTORIA, Ore. - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, returned to homeport at Coast Guard Base Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore., Oct. 22, 2010, after a four month deployment in support of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fir was one of eight 225-foot buoy tenders to participate in Deepwater Horizon operations along with dozens of other Coast Guard cutters from the Gulf, Pacific and Atlantic Coasts.
Fir is a multi-mission buoy tender with 52 crewmembers. It services 152 aids to navigation on the river bars of the Washington and Oregon coasts, and conducts law enforcement operations throughout the North Pacific.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Parker