The Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker, a 175' buoy

The Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker, a 175' buoy tender homeported in Bayonne, New Jersey, transits beneath the Verrazano Bridge in New York, March 8, 2016. The Katherine Walker’s primary mission is maintaining over 300 floating aids to navigation in & around New York harbor and its approaches, Long Island Sound, the Hudson and East Rivers, and other waters along the Connecticut, New York, & New Jersey coastlines. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Iannazzo-Simmons)