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United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper perform maintenance on a buoy before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED lanter... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman James Caraglin empties the battery compartment of a buoy during a maintenance evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Joseph Lopez cleans the anchor chain of a buoy during a maintenance evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be instal... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kat McSweeney performs maintenance on a buoy on the cutter Juniper before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Joseph Lopez attempts to break the anchor chain free of a buoy during a maintenance evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Junipe... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Kenneth Galanif cleans the buoy deck during a maintenance evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new L... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper prepare to bring a buoy on board for servicing and maintenance in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Juan Reyes performs maintenance on a buoy on the cutter Juniper before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED lanterns on ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper perform maintenance on a buoy before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED lanter... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper prepare the deck to bring a buoy on board for servicing and maintenance in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper perform maintenance on a buoy before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED lanter... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Joseph Lopez reaches for a wire during a maintenance evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED la... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper climb aboard a buoy for a group photo before returning the buoy to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper perform maintenance on a buoy before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED lanter... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Kenneth Galanif cleans the buoy deck during a maintenance evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new L... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Joseph Lopez, Seaman Juan Reyes and Seaman Kenneth Galanif relax in between maintenance on buoys during an evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper perform maintenance on a buoy before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED lanter... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Members of the deck crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper prepare to bring a buoy on board for servicing and maintenance in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new LED ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kat McSweeney prepares to install an LED lantern on a buoy during an evolution on board the cutter Juniper in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be in... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Shriver performs maintenance on a buoy aboard the cutter Juniper before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be install... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  BUOY TENDER

United States Coast Guard photo - BUOY TENDER

Coast Guard Seaman Juan Reyes performs maintenance on a buoy aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper before returning it to sea in the Sandy Hook Channel Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.The Juniper will be installing new ... More

US COAST GUARD BUOY TENDER NEW YORK, NY

US COAST GUARD BUOY TENDER NEW YORK, NY

New York (Dec.12, 2006) -- BM2 Josh Namowitz (left) of the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team from Coast Guard Sector NY, directs vessel mooring of a Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat (TANB) after seasonal b... More

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Seaman Daniel Sharkey aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn sets the buoy by hitting the catch release on the chain. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

The crew on board the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn load on river buoys to set in place of ice buoys on the Great Lakes here. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Larowe prepares for dinner during an underway period until the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn moors to offload buoys. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Petty Officer 1st Class David Martin instructs a new crewman aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn about engineering procedures here. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Gaines aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn instructs the crane operator with hand signals to properly place a buoy on deck. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn moored to navigational aid drop location to load river buoys and off-load ice buoys. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn activity

The Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn's wooden deck underway with buoys on board. Photo by PA2 Matthew Schofield.

United States Coast Guard photo -  Buoy work

United States Coast Guard photo - Buoy work

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, a 225-foot buoy tender homported in Newport, R.I., take a rest while enroute to another buoy that will be uprooted and transported to a new location in the Amb... More

Cleaning the buoy - US Coast Guard photo

Cleaning the buoy - US Coast Guard photo

Seaman Terry Daignault scrapes mussels and growth from a buoy aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in the Ambrose Channel, Mon. Oct 22, 2008.The Juniper is working to extend the Ambrose Channel to allow ships ... More

Coast Guard Cutter Sangamon, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Cutter Sangamon, US Coast Guard Photo

The Coast Guard Cutter Sangamon is shown moored amongst sheets of ice at its home port in Peoria, Ill., during a Coast Guard over flight to evaluate the ice conditions on the upper Mississippi River and Illinoi... More

Kukui Buoy Ops - U.S. Coast guard photo

Kukui Buoy Ops - U.S. Coast guard photo

(KONA, Hawaii) -- Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui hoist a Kawaihae Harbor channel buoy off the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The Kukui is a 225-foot Seago... More

US COAST GUARD Kukui ATON, HONOLULU, HAWAII

US COAST GUARD Kukui ATON, HONOLULU, HAWAII

(HONOLULU) -- Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui pull in a Kaneohe Harbor channel buoy, Friday, March 27, 2009. The Kukui is a 225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender homeported in Honolulu. (U.S. Coas... More

US COAST GUARD Kukui ATON, HONOLULU, HAWAII

US COAST GUARD Kukui ATON, HONOLULU, HAWAII

(HONOLULU) -- Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui steady the crane pulling a Kaneohe Harbor channel buoy, Friday, March 27, 2009. The Kukui is a 225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender homeported in Hon... More

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

ALAMEDA, Calif. - A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, which is homeported in Long Beach, Calif., pounds the pin of a shackle during the "Heat and Beat" race Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, as part of... More

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

ALAMEDA, Calif. - A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, which is homeported in Astoria, Ore., competes in the "Split-Key" race Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, as part of the West Coast Aids to Navigation Olymp... More

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, which is homeported in Astoria, Ore., pound the pin of a shackle during the "Heat and Beat" race Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, as part of the West Coast... More

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

West Coast ATON Olympics. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA

ALAMEDA, Calif. - A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, which is homeported in Astoria, Ore., uses an oxyacetylene torch to heat the pin of a shackle during the "Heat and Beat" race Thursday, Aug. 13, 2... More

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Canadian Coast Guard crew members aboard the buoy tender Provo Wallis, homeported in Victoria, British Columbia, work together to place a buoy in the water, Aug. 25, 2009 as part of the ... More

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Jared Crotwell, a Cutoff, La., native and machinery technician stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, homeported in Everett, Wash., acts as buoy... More

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Seaman Mark Patrzalek, a San Diego native assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, homeported in Everett, Wash., assists the Canadian Coast Guard aboard buoy tender Provo Wall... More

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Provo Wallis

PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Canadian Coast Guard crew members from the buoy tender Provo Wallis, homeported in Victoria, British Columbia, tend the line on a buoy that is being placed in the water, Aug. 25, 2009 as ... More

Tropical Storm Ida. Warship photograph collection

Tropical Storm Ida. Warship photograph collection

MOBILE, Ala. - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Mobile, sits anchored in the Intracoastal Waterway near Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, Nov. 10, 2009, waiting for the winds a... More

Cutter Aspen Buoy Deck Operations

Cutter Aspen Buoy Deck Operations

SAN FRANCISCO - Seaman Ronald Richardson, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, homeported San Francisco, disconnects the regulator for a welding torch after buoy deck operations are done for the da... More

Cutter Oak Haiti supply upload, US Coast Guard Photo

Cutter Oak Haiti supply upload, US Coast Guard Photo

The crew from Coast Guard Cutter Oak upload medical supplies for first responders in Haiti while moored at Coast Guard Sector Miami, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class S... More

CGC James Rankin crew displays award

CGC James Rankin crew displays award

BALTIMORE - Petty Officer 1st Class Dexter Johnson holds an award given to the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin from the Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce for their devoted support to educati... More

Chesapeake Bay VOSS, US Coast Guard Photo

Chesapeake Bay VOSS, US Coast Guard Photo

BALTIMORE - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in Baltimore, prepare to load an oil recovery barge that is used as part of the Vessel of Opportunity Skimmi... More

Chesapeake Bay VOSS - U.S. Coast guard photo

Chesapeake Bay VOSS - U.S. Coast guard photo

BALTIMORE - A barge that is part of the Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System is connected to the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin as it conducts an annual training exercise in the Chesepeake Bay, April 14, 2010... More

Deepwater Horizon oil spill preparations

Deepwater Horizon oil spill preparations

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot buoy tender, make preparations to assist with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, May 3, 2010. The Oak is homeported in Charleston, S.C. ... More

Prepping for Washdown, Washington State

Prepping for Washdown, Washington State

VENICE, La. - A worker at the Venice Staging Area sprays a checmical used to break down oil on gear left behind from the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne May 23, 2010. Gear contaminated with oil is left in a... More

USCGC Aspen transits the Panama Canal

USCGC Aspen transits the Panama Canal

PANAMA -- Crewmembers on the bow of the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen stand watch as their boat transits through the Panama Canal at Miraflores Locks, June 16, 2010. The Cutter Aspen is a 225-foot buoy tender homepo... More

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

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 s... More

Fir retuns to homeport - A group of people hugging each other on a dock

Fir retuns to homeport - A group of people hugging each other on a doc...

ASTORIA, Ore. - Chief Petty Officer David Mooney, an engineer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, greets his family at Coast Guard Base Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore., Oct. 22, 2010. Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy... More

Fir crew returns - U.S. Coast guard photo

Fir crew returns - U.S. Coast guard photo

ASTORIA, Ore. - Family and friends await the return of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir crew at Coast Guard Base Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore., Oct. 22, 2010. Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, returned to its hom... More

Oak buoy operations - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oak buoy operations - U.S. Coast guard photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, homeported in Charleston, S.C., lower a buoy back into Haitian waters after the crew conducted maintenance on it Dec. 5, 2010. The crew of the ... More

Oak buoy operations - U.S. Coast guard photo

Oak buoy operations - U.S. Coast guard photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, homeported in Charleston, S.C., prepare to lower a buoy back into Haitian waters after the crew conducted maintenance on it Dec. 5, 2010. The cr... More

Regional Dive Locker East conducts hull inspections

Regional Dive Locker East conducts hull inspections

NEWPORT, R.I. - A Regional Dive Locker East Diver signals how much air he has remaining after completing the annual hull inspection and cleaning of the Coast Guard Cutters Hammerhead and Sailfish, Aug. 25, 2011... More

Main Space Fire Drill - ATLANTIC

Main Space Fire Drill - ATLANTIC

ATLANTIC OCEAN -- An attack team member turns on and tests a "hot spot' finding device before entering the engine room during a main space fire drill, Aug. 29, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd ... More

Main Space Fire Drill - ATLANTIC

Main Space Fire Drill - ATLANTIC

ATLANTIC OCEAN -- Damage control attack teams scurry through the galley making preparations before entering the engine room during a main space fire drill, Aug. 29, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer... More

Coast Guard holds river tender training

Coast Guard holds river tender training

ST. LOUIS - Chief Petty Officer David Hansen, an instructor with Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va., gives training on basic buoy deck safety to a group of Coast Guard buoy tender crewmembers at Industri... More

Coast Guard holds river tender training

Coast Guard holds river tender training

ST. LOUIS - Chief Warrant Officer Skip Sawyer, head of buoy deck training with Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va., gives training on basic buoy deck safety to a group of Coast Guard buoy tender crewmembe... More

Coast Guard holds river tender training

Coast Guard holds river tender training

ST. LOUIS - Chief Warrant Officer Skip Sawyer, head of buoy deck training with Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va., gives training on basic river buoy operations to a group of Coast Guard buoy tender crew... More

CGC Maria Bray - U.S. Coast guard photo

CGC Maria Bray - U.S. Coast guard photo

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Coast Guard crewmember aboard the 175-foot Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray sets buoy chain in the fixed chain stopper during a recovery evolution on the St. John's River Wednesday, Oct. 5, ... More

San Francisco Fleet Week, San Francisco, California

San Francisco Fleet Week, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in San Francisco, conducts a security patrol while the USS Carl Vinson sailed in formation for the Fleet Week Parade of Ships, Sat... More

Coast Guardsman assumes command of CGC Fran

Coast Guardsman assumes command of CGC Fran

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Rear Adm. William "Dean" Lee, the Coast Guard 5th District commander, pins Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Brown, the incoming officer in charge of the Coast Guard Frank Drew, with the comma... More

Coast Guardsman assumes command of CGC Fran

Coast Guardsman assumes command of CGC Fran

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Rear Adm. William "Dean" Lee, the Coast Guard 5th District commander, presides over Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Brown's assumption of command ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Frank... More

Lt. j.g. Jonathan Lang (left) and Petty Officer 2nd

Lt. j.g. Jonathan Lang (left) and Petty Officer 2nd

Lt. j.g. Jonathan Lang (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Dumville, crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Fir, explain some of the buoy tender's controls to sixth graders Kacie Klein, Katie Patterson (rig... More

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works buoys in St. Paul Harbor

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works buoys in St. Paul Harbor

KODIAK, Alaska - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR prepare to pull a 9-foot wide by 35-foot tall buoy on deck outside of St. Paul Harbor June 15, 2012. Buoy inspections are done regularly to insure tha... More

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works buoys in St. Paul Harbor

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works buoys in St. Paul Harbor

KODIAK, Alaska - Fireman Casey Boyle, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, scrapes the excess kelp, barnacles and other types of marine growth off of the St. Paul Harbor entrance buoy June 15, 2012.... More

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works buoys in St. Paul Harbor

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works buoys in St. Paul Harbor

KODIAK, Alaska - Seaman Jacob Tyrell, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, prepares a new buoy to be deployed in St. Paul Harbor June 15, 2012. Buoys like this one are equipped with a light that fl... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  NOFI system

United States Coast Guard photo - NOFI system

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore monitor the U.S. Navy's SUPSALV NOFI fast current boom system Aug. 1, 2012. The system was used aboard the Sycamore to test and evaluate the suitability of a ... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  NOFI system

United States Coast Guard photo - NOFI system

Personnel begin to deploy the U.S. Navy's SUPSALV NOFI fast current boom system aboard the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore Aug. 1, 2012. The system was used during a three day exercise that tested mult... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  NOFI system

United States Coast Guard photo - NOFI system

Personnel aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore finish deploying the U.S. Navy's SUPSALV NOFI fast current boom system Aug. 1, 2012. The system was used during an oil spill recovery exercise in an effort to e... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  NOFI system

United States Coast Guard photo - NOFI system

Personnel prepare the U.S. Navy's SUPSALV NOFI fast current boom system aboard the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore Aug. 1, 2012. The boom system was one of three oil recovery systems used during an oil... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  NOFI system

United States Coast Guard photo - NOFI system

Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore anchors off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 1, 2012, during a mulit-agency oil spill recovery equipment exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to evaluate the suitability of new... More

Polar Bear skimmer - US Coast Guard photo

Polar Bear skimmer - US Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard personnel aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore set a DESMI "Polar Bear" skimmer into the Arctic Ocean using the buoy tender'??s crane, near Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2012. The skimmer, specifically ... More

Polar Bear skimmer - US Coast Guard photo

Polar Bear skimmer - US Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard personnel aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore prepare the DESMI "Polar Bear"?ン skimmer for a oil recovery exercise in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2012. The skimmer was... More

Polar Bear skimmer - US Coast Guard photo

Polar Bear skimmer - US Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard Personnel aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore lift a DESMI "Polar Bear"?ン from the Arctic Ocean after a Spilled Oil Recovery System exercise near Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2012. Retrieving the sk... More

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, a 100-foot class inland buoy tender, is lifted out of the water by straps on a travel lift to be transferred to a dry dock at the Great Lakes Ship Yard in Cleveland, Aug. 28, 2012.... More

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, US Coast Guard Photo

Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn pause to take a picture in front of the cutter while it is being lifted out of the water by a travel lift at the Great Lakes Ship Yard in Cleveland, Aug. 28, 2012. The B... More

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, a 100-foot class inland buoy tender, is lifted out of the water by a travel lift at the Great Lakes Ship Yard in Cleveland, Aug. 28, 2012. The Buckthorn is the first ever cutter in... More

Cleveland War of 1812, US Coast Guard Photo

Cleveland War of 1812, US Coast Guard Photo

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Baur, a crewmember aboard Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, explains the different functions of the cutter's bridge near Pier 30 in Cleveland, Aug. 28, 2012.The Cleveland commemora... More

USCGCC Alder in the Soo Locks, US Coast Guard Photo

USCGCC Alder in the Soo Locks, US Coast Guard Photo

Lt. j.g. Travis Russell, sticks his head out the window of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender, homeported in Duluth, Minn., for a better view as the cutter enters the Soo Locks on the... More

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore pause for a photo before conducting a survival swim in 39-degree water in the habor in Cordova, Alaska, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The annual training includes pr... More

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore conduct a survival swim in 39-degree water in the habor in Cordova, Alaska, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The annual training includes practicing several survival po... More

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore conduct a 100-yard survival swim in 39-degree water in the habor in Cordova, Alaska, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The 19 crewmen also tested survival equipment and ... More

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Sycamore survival swim, US Coast Guard Photo

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore swim 100 yards in 39-degree water in the habor in Cordova, Alaska, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The ship's small boatcrew members participate in cold water survival... More

Students tour Coast Guard Cutter Fir

Students tour Coast Guard Cutter Fir

Nathan Hoikka, Mikie Bussard, Katie Patterson and Josh Fulton, sixth grade students from Hilda Lahti Elementary School in Knappa, Ore., take turns throwing heaving lines near Coast Guard Cutter Fir at Base Tong... More

US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard oil spill recovery training at CANUSLANT

US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard oil spill recovery training at CA...

Petty Officer 1st Class Jim Maida, from the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team, explains skimming operations during training aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ship Edward Cornwallis in Saint John, New Brunswic... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Johnson, from the U.S.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Johnson, from the U.S.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Johnson, from the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team, explains oil skimming equipment operation to Elaine Bennett, of the Canadian Coast Guard ship Edward Cornwallis, in the Ba... More

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher M. Cartwright, commanding

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher M. Cartwright, commanding

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher M. Cartwright, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray, shakes hands with each member of the crew as the new commanding officer, Chief Warrant Officer Michael R... More

Coast Guard Cutter Aspen is moored at  Sector San Francisco

Coast Guard Cutter Aspen is moored at Sector San Francisco

Coast Guard Cutter Aspen is moored at Sector San Francisco on Yerba Buena Island, Calif., Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. The Aspen is a sea-going buoy tender responsible for more than 100 navigational aids from the C... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, serving as this year's

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, serving as this year's

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, serving as this year's Christmas Ship, arrives at Chicago's Navy Pier with more than 1,200 trees, Dec. 6, 2013. The trees, purchased by the Christmas Ship Committee, will be off... More

Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit gets underway from Juneau, Alaska

Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit gets underway from Juneau, Alaska

The Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit leaves the Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, pier during a snowstorm Dec. 11, 2013. The crew of the Anthony Petit, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender home-ported in Ketchikan,... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, a 225-foot

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, a 225-foot

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender homeported in Port Huron, Mich., continues breaking ice as it transits to St. Ignace, Mich., to undergo a full damage assessment after ... More

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR is navigated through Womens

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR is navigated through Womens

Coast Guard Cutter SPAR is navigated through Womens Bay near Kodiak, Alaska, after picking up a buoy March 17, 2014. The crew of the SPAR performed an aids to navigation evolution and deployed a small boat duri... More

Crewmembers of the Coast Guard cutter Katherine Walker,

Crewmembers of the Coast Guard cutter Katherine Walker,

Crewmembers of the Coast Guard cutter Katherine Walker, a 175-foot Keeper class buoy tender homeported in Bayonne, N.J., conduct an inspection of the cutter's decks prior to getting underway July 2, 2014. (U.S.... More

Week in the Life of the Coast Guard 2014

Week in the Life of the Coast Guard 2014

Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore crew members perform maintenance on a buoy on the cutter’s deck while underway in Prince William Sound Aug. 27, 2014. The Sycamore is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Co... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peters uses hand signals to

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peters uses hand signals to

Petty Officer 2nd Class Peters uses hand signals to direct a crane operator where to move chain aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, home-ported in Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan. 6, 2015. Buoy deck ... More

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