Making it tight - US Coast Guard photo
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ABOARD CGC ACACIA (March 19, 2004)?Seaman Apprentice Nicholas Cimarossa tightens down the battery pocket on a large lighted buoy aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Acacia here. Once the battery pocket is secured air hoses are attached to check the water tight integrity of the buoy before it is placed on station. Acacia was in the Chicago area to check and replace buoys for the 2004 Great Lakes shipping season. Acacia is a 180-foot sea going buoy tender built in 1944 home ported in Charlevoix, Mich.
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2000 - 2022
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