AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 3)--The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip hauls in a buoy for repairs and maintenance. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) adds a last touch by lashing a line around a chiain to secure it. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- BM3 John Bannon and BM1 Mike Pollack replaces the safewater top-mark assembly of the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy off Honolulu Harbor. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safewater buoy is the l... More
Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry crewmembers load a buoy
Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry crewmembers load a buoy into the cutter’s boat from a Juneau, Alaska, floating pier April 1, 2015. Due to the hazards of the narrow Gastineau Channel, the crew used their cutter’s ... More
Chief Petty Officer Spencer Greer, a boatswain's mate
Chief Petty Officer Spencer Greer, a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Gaurd Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., tosses a line over the rim of the 35-foot tall 9-foot wide b... More
A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne,
A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender, checks the light fixture atop a buoy near Galveston, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. The Coast Guard partners with local Emergen... More
Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Ritter, 1st Lt. aboard
Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Ritter, 1st Lt. aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore, supervises the launch of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association weather buoy near the Hinchinbrook Entrance to Prince Wi... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A nun buoy is prepared to be put on station. A series of steps take place from placing the buoy in position, dropping the weight and then the buoy. The two major classes of buoys used in the Coast Guard are O... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A nun buoy is prepared to be put on station. A series of steps take place from placing the buoy in position, dropping the weight and then the buoy. The two major classes of buoys used in the Coast Guard are O... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9) -- Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) deck crew service the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy. After eight hours of labor which included surfacing, painting, replacing two-60-lb. batteries and solar ... More
The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR waits in
The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR waits in port at Base Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 15, 2018. The SPAR is a 225-foot ocean-going buoy tender, and the crews' mission is to tend aids to navigation from Kodiak ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Long Island Sound, NY (Dec. 1993)--BM2 Gary Chalker, BMC Nolda and SA Beaudiion recharge the Kimberly Reef buoy on Long Island Sound. U. S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Kodiak, AK (Jan. 4)--BM3 Steve Christy of the Coast Guard Cutter Firebrush (WLB 393) scrapes a buoy that was just plucked from the Women's Bay just west of Kodiak. USCG photo by PA2 Keith Alholm
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 8, 2004)--Crewmembers from Aids to Navigation Teams Georgetown and Jacksonville replace dayboards damaged by hurricane Frances near St. Simons Island, Ga. USCG photo by PA2 Scott Reaver
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Crew members of the CGC Maria Bray, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender based out of Mayport, Fla., work to bring a buoy on deck that weights over 15, 000 pounds June 24, 2004. ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Petty Officer 3rd Class Ben Berkel (MK3) operates the crane to lift a sea buoy onto the deck of the CGC Maria Bray June 24, 2004. The buoy will be replaced with a new buoy fo... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell has arranged
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell has arranged the deck in preparation for setting a mooring buoy at Tongue Point, in Astoria, Ore., October 30, 2018. The mooring buoy is planned to be made available ... More
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter Roundup, cutter crews compete against each other in the Volleyball Challenge Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Mayport, Fla. Crews from the cutters Kingfisher, Mar... More
While servicing a buoy in Tampa Bay, Fla., Petty Officer
While servicing a buoy in Tampa Bay, Fla., Petty Officer 2nd Class Peters, a buoy deck supervisor, gives directions to fellow crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, home-ported in Sector St.... More
An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter,
An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to take the load of a 14,000 pound buoy that washed ashore just south of the entrance to Tillamook Bay, in ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Mendez Lopez, crane
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Mendez Lopez, crane operator aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore, gives the signal that he is ready for a buoy launching operation at the Hinchinbrook Entrance to Prince Willi... More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Station
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Station St. Petersburg, Florida, rescues two men clinging to a range light in Tampa Bay, Florida, Monday, July 31, 2017. The brothers were forced to cling to the na... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Villanueva (center),
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Villanueva (center), boatwain’s mate, Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, accepts a plaque on behalf of his unit in a ceremony held at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 23, 20... More
Seaman Pierce Overbeeke, assigned to Aids to Navigation
Seaman Pierce Overbeeke, assigned to Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., counts the flashes of a light on an aid to navigation along the Snake River in eastern Washington, Sept. 23, 2014. The crew members... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A buoy refurbishing worker cleans a buoy with a high-power blaster. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
COAST GUARD PEOPLE - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- SN Derrick Denman, Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205), makes off a cross-deck line that was used to guide the 18,000-lb Hotel buoy off Honolulu. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safew... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. (Oct. 29, 2003)--On board the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, Seaman Benjamin Schimer pulls the chains from under the buoy while Chief Petty Officer Andy Molnar helps and Petty Officer 3rd ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Seaman Aaron Scragg removes the light from a buoy that was just brought on the deck of the CGC Maria Bray. The buoy has met its seven-year life expectancy June 24, 2004. Scra... More
A buoy is lowered into Lake Erie by the crew of Coast
A buoy is lowered into Lake Erie by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, May 1, 2014. The crew of Bristol Bay deployed 14 buoys over a two-day period during the Coast Guard 9th District's Spring Restore.... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Virginie Henderson, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 1st Class Virginie Henderson, a boatswain's mate at Aids to Navigation Team Galveston, serves as coxswain as her crew finishes setting a temporary buoy to replace a missing waterway marker on the ... More
Fireman Aaron Osborne, of the Coast Guard Cutter
Fireman Aaron Osborne, of the Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry’s engineering department, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Davis Alexander, a boatswain’s mate aboard the Elderberry, drop a buoy into the Gastineau Channe... More
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Kennebec, a
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Kennebec, a 160-foot construction tender home-ported in Portsmouth, Va., load steel and wooden piles onto the cutter, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, for an upcoming aids to nav... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A barnicle infested chain and buoy lies on the buoydeck of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277). USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1
AIDS TO NAVIGATION, US Coast Guard Photo
Sewickley, PA (Aug. 3)--Red and white buoy on station. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA3
AIDS TO NAVIGATION, US Coast Guard Photo
Sewickley, PA (Aug. 3)--Crewmembers of the CGC Osage (WLR 65505) prepares to set a buoy on station. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA3
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- SN Bill Nolen grimaces while trying to steady an anvil while a hammer pounds a heated pin on Hotel buoy's chain shackle (heat and beat). Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safewater buo... More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station San Deigo transports parts of a new navigational aid to the Anaheim East Bay Jetty Light 6, at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Californ... More
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter Roundup, cutter crews compete against each other in the Volleyball Challenge Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Mayport, Fla. Crews from the cutters Kingfisher, Mar... More
Petty Officer 1st Class James Coleman, executive petty
Petty Officer 1st Class James Coleman, executive petty officer, Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry, piles up chain on the Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, pier March 31, 2015. The chains spend half the year in th... More
Fireman Abby Hamann, assigned to Aids to Navigation
Fireman Abby Hamann, assigned to Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., replaces burnt out lamps, light bulbs, on a range light located along the Snake River in eastern Washington, Sept. 23, 2014. Hamann, wa... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Blackburn, a crewmember
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Blackburn, a crewmember from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Jacksonville, Fla., checks a newly-installed navigational light on the St. Johns River, Jan. 14, 2015. ANT Jackso... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Machala, from Aids to
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Machala, from Aids to Navigation Team Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., prepares dayboard parts to be hoisted up the 80-foot tall West Nebish Downbound Upper Range Rear Dayboard on Nebish I... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) struggles to place a huge hook to secure a buoy just placed on deck. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9) -- Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) deck crew paints the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy. After eight hours of labor which included surfacing, painting, replacing two-60-lb. batteries and solar p... More
Coast Guard Cutter Smilax crews maintain aids to navigations
Coast Guard Cutter Smilax crews maintain aids to navigations in waterways near Fort Macon, North Carolina on Oct. 7, 2019. The Smilax holds the title "Queen of the Fleet," designating it as the oldest commissio... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (June 22, 2005)--BM3 Roscoe Deel cleans a buoy on the deck of the cutter Frank Drew. The crew of the keeper class buoy tender service the 381 aides to navigation in the second largest commercial... More
USCGC Bristol Bay transits Detroit River
The Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, approaches the Detroit and Windsor, Ontario skylines as it transits down the Detroit River, Nov. 26, 2012. The Bristol Bay is underway to remove ... More
The Thomas Point Lighthouse’s 4th order Fresnel lens
The Thomas Point Lighthouse’s 4th order Fresnel lens was replaced in 1986 and is now located in the entrance to Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, in Baltimore, May 20, 2019. The Thomas Point Lighthouse i... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Schoonover
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Schoonover and Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Yost, crewmembers stationed at Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound, in Seattle, replace reflective tape on a buoy while se... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove the Francis Scott Key buoy from the Patapsco River in Baltimore to prepare for the winter season, Dec. 3, 2018. The specially designed buoy marks the spot... More
Crew members from Canadian coast guard ship Bartlett
Crew members from Canadian coast guard ship Bartlett participate in tug of war in front of U.S. Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2019. The team from the Bartlett took 3rd place in the tug of war eve... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Swisher
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Swisher works aboard Coast Guard Cutter Clamp while underway in Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, Texas, Oct. 12, 2020. Petty Officer Swisher is a part of the construction d... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- SN Bill Nolen steadies the anvil for SN Brian Grebe, Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205), who uses a blow torch to heat the pin on a buoy chain shackle. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 9, 2004)--Petty Officer 3rd Class Coy Whitener (BM3) uses hand signals to assist the crane operator on board a 49 foot buoy utility back loading boat (BUSL) safely lower a buoy that hel... More
Coast Guard Cutter sets seasonal buoys in upper Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., prepare to set a seasonal winter buoy, Nov. 29, 2010. Conducting buo... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Machala, from Aids to
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Machala, from Aids to Navigation Team Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., drives a utility vehicle through a marsh on Nebish Island, Mich., as he and his team head toward the West Nebish Down... More
Fireman Abby Hamann stands on an aids to navigation
Fireman Abby Hamann stands on an aids to navigation beacon along the Snake River in eastern Washington as she and Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Childers check the condition and functionality of the aid Sept. 23,... More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station San Deigo transports parts of a new navigational aid to the Anaheim Bay East Jetty Light 6, at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Californ... More
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell use a sledge hammer to affix a shackle in place as they prepare to set a mooring buoy at Tongue Point, in Astoria, Ore., October 30, 2018. The shackle attaches... More
Seaman Robert Stocks, from Aids to Navigation Team
Seaman Robert Stocks, from Aids to Navigation Team Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., secures the final piece of the West Nebish Downbound Upper Range Rear Dayboard on Nebish Island, Mich., June 5, 2014. ATON team Sault ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
There are two types of towers, Guyed skeleton which supports equipment on land less than 30' and Free standing skeleton which supports equipment on land or marine sites when ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A nun buoy is prepared to be put on station. A series of steps take place from placing the buoy in position, dropping the weight and then the buoy. The two major classes of buoys used in the Coast Guard are O... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- SN Bill Nolen grimaces while trying to steady an anvil while a hammer pounds a heated pin on Hotel buoy's chain shackle (heat and beat). Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safewater buo... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- SN Derrick Denman and SN Bill Nolan, Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) deck crew, fakes more than 400 feet of 1-1/2-inch chains from the 18,000-lb Hotel buoy off Honolulu. Serviced b... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 9, 2004)--Petty Officer 3rd Class Coy Whitener (BM3) uses hand signals to assist the crane operator safely lower a buoy on the deck of a 49 foot buoy utility back loading boat (BUSL) se... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brookes Evans, a damage controlman
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brookes Evans, a damage controlman with the Petersburg housing detachment who is temporarily assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry, attaches a chain to an anchor on a Juneau, Ala... More
Coast Guard Seaman Christopher Moses, a crew member
Coast Guard Seaman Christopher Moses, a crew member at Aids to Navigation Team Chincoteague, Virginia, drops a buoy in the water in Assateague Channel, July 24, 2017. The ANT Chincoteague crew used buoys to mar... More
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather buoy rests on the buoy deck of Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore near Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 9, 2018. The Sycamore is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender whose crew... More
Sparks fly during a heat and beat evolution aboard
Sparks fly during a heat and beat evolution aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., as crewmembers repair a chain during buoy operations at the mouth of t... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A buoy refurbishing worker cleans a buoy with a high-power blaster. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
Coast Guard crew checks the panels of a buoy. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
AIDS TO NAVIGATION, US Coast Guard Photo
Portsmouth, VA (May 4)--A stack of buoys sit in storage at the Integrated Support Command in Portsmouth, Va. USCG photo by PA3 Kimberly Wilder
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2002)--The Los Angeles Aid to Navigation Team off loads the equipment they will need to conduct maintenance to a dayboard. USCG photo by PA3 Louis M. Hebert
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Petty Officer 1st Class Red Rankin (BM1) uses hand signals to help guide the crane operator. The buoy will be safely lowered into the ocean for years of reliable service June... More
A week in the life 2015, Alaska
Petty Officer 3rd Class Bethany Scott, an electrician's mate from Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak, Alaska, repairs a VLB-44 land navigation light Sept. 30, 2015. With Alaska's vast and challenging environment, A... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Sukohl, a food service
Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Sukohl, a food service specialist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., gives instruction to Fireman Nicholas Reed durin... More
Crew of Cutter James Rankin salute Francis Scott Key buoy
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin salute the Francis Scott Key buoy after its seasonal launch in the Patapsco River, Baltimore, June 8, 2018. The buoy was placed at the site where Francis Scott Ke... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove the Francis Scott Key buoy from the Patapsco River in Baltimore to prepare for the winter season, Dec. 3, 2018. The specially designed buoy marks the spot... More
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, New Orleans maintains
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, New Orleans maintains aids to navigation on the Mississippi River. Aids to Navigation units are vital during times of high water to keep the buoys, lights and dayboards up t... More
Chief Petty Officer Spencer Greer, a boatswain's mate
Chief Petty Officer Spencer Greer, a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., observes buoy placement on the buoy deck of the Fir during b... More
Seaman Robert Stocks, from Aids to Navigation Team
Seaman Robert Stocks, from Aids to Navigation Team Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., waits for the final piece of dayboard to be hoisted up to him as he hangs in front of the of the West Nebish Downbound Upper Range Rea... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Philadelphia, PA (July 10)--The crew of the CGC Redwood (WLM 685) moves the 7 X 17 a Pillar buoy to the barge alongside the buoytender. The two major classes of buoys used in the Coast Guard are Ocean Buoys an... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Cross (BM3) and Seaman Curtis Bethea (left) use chain hooks to safely drag anchor chain across the deck of the CGC Maria Bray June 24, 2004. Anc... More
LED at Point Loma lighthouse, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Flores and Petty Officer 1st Class Juan Diaz, members of U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego, place the new light-emitting diode beacon on its platform a... More
LED at Point Loma lighthouse, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Flores and Petty Officer 1st Class Juan Diaz, members of U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego, lower an incandescent lantern from the Point Loma lighthous... More
Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw work
Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw work to secure a buoy to the buoy deck of the Mackinaw after pulling it out of Lake Michigan for winter decommissioning, Dec. 8, 2013. The crew of the Mackinaw is... More
An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter,
An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to take the load of a 14,000 pound buoy that washed ashore just south of the entrance to Tillamook Bay, in ... More
Petty Officer 1st Class David Pope, an electrician’s
Petty Officer 1st Class David Pope, an electrician’s mate, prepares lights during a five-day minor aids to navigation maintenance training session for various units within the Coast Guard 14th District at Base ... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelly Yost does
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelly Yost does a round in the engine room while aboard a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat, Aug. 16, 2016. As a crewmember with Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound, Yost and h... More
Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Kennebec work
Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Kennebec work on a dayboard in North Carolina, Sept. 20, 2018, to help restore the navigational markers in the waterways that were affected by Hurricane Florence. 423 aids ... More
Chief Petty Officer Wayne Chandler directs a crane
Chief Petty Officer Wayne Chandler directs a crane operator during a competition held aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake moored to the pier at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2019. Chandler,... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION, US Coast Guard Photo
Chesapeake Bay, Md. (Nov. 10) -- MK1 Michael, of U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis, checks out an aids to navigation while on patrol in Chesapeake Bay. USCG photo by PA1 Pete MIlnes
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Seaman Apprentice Chris Spurlock scrapes off the marine growth on a sea buoy that has been brought on the deck of the CGC Maria Bray. The old buoy will be replaced by a new a... More
lube oil testing aboard USCGC Bristol Bay
Fireman Alex Berggren conducts a lube oil viscosity test aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, while underway in the Detroit River, Nov. 26, 2012. A lube oil viscosity test is ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew crew services buoys on the Elizabeth, Ja...
Coast Guard Seaman Dallas Harvey, a crew member aboard Cutter Frank Drew, secures the crane hook to a buoy on the James River in Newport News, Virginia, Feb. 21, 2018. The 175-foot coastal buoy tender’s crew tr... More
Billy Beach, a field service electronics technician
Billy Beach, a field service electronics technician for Pacific Architectural Engineers, contracted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, fine tunes a light on top of a NOAA weather buoy aboar... More
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter Roundup, cutter crews compete against each other in the Volleyball Challenge Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Mayport, Fla. Crews from the cutters Kingfisher, Mar... More
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake participate
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake participate in tug of war in front of Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2019. The olympics consisted of six events, the chain pull, line toss, boom sp... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION, US Coast Guard Photo
Sewickley, PA (Aug. 3)--Crewmembers of the CGC Osage (WLR 65505) prepares to set a buoy on station. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA3
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
Upper Potomac River (Dec. 1)--An ice buoy is placed on station and the crew prepares for the next. USCG photo by SANTOS, DAVID PA2