Coast Guard Rear Adm. Nunan visits the Abbie Burgess
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Nunan visits the Abbie Burgess crew in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 27, 2018. Rear Adm. Nunan, commander of the Coast Guard 9th District, thanked the crew for their help with Operation Fal... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Lauters, a Boatswain's Mate and Buoy Deck Supervisor aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, looks on as Seaman Corey Engel (left), and Seaman Ryan Pros prepare to haul ... More
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay hoist an ice buoy to replace the seasonal buoys in Cleveland Harbor during operation Fall Retrieve, November 28, 2017. Fall Retrieve is an annual operation, wh... More
Ball-diamond-ball, USCGC Alder conducts ATON
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, retrieve buoys in the Keweenaw Waterway near Houghton, Mich., Nov. 17, 2013. The cutter is participating in Operation Fall Retrieve, whe... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Tuten (left), an Electrician's Mate aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, and Seaman Ryan Pros secure an aid to navigation on Bristol Bay's buoy deck, November 10, ... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay conduct maintenance on a malfunctioning aid to navigation, November 09, 2009. Bristol Bay is underway as part of Operation Fall Retrieve, the largest... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Members of Deck Department onboard Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay conduct service and maintenance on an aid to navigation, November 09, 2009. Bristol Bay is underway as part of Operation Fall Retri... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Seaman Christopher Waters swings a sea-painter line to Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Reggio, a Boatswain's Mate, during small-boat recovery operations onboard Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, Nove... More
A buoy is hoisted out of Cleveland Harbor by the crew
A buoy is hoisted out of Cleveland Harbor by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, home ported in Detroit, during the annual fall retrieve which replaces seasonal buoys with ice buoys, November 28, 2017. ... More
Operation Fall Retrieve
LAKE ERIE -- Seaman Corey Engel, of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, gripes down an aid to navigation that was decomissioned as part of Operation Fall Retrieve, November 11, 2009. Fall Retrieve is the largest do... More
A buoy is hoisted out of Cleveland Harbor onto the
A buoy is hoisted out of Cleveland Harbor onto the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay's barge as part of the annual Fall Retrieve operation, which takes place across the Great Lakes and replaces seasonal buoys with... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Reggio (left), a Boatswain's Mate and Seaman Jeremy Bossinger, of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, install a Carmanah, a new solar-powered light emitting diode (LED) ... More
Bristol Bay AToN - U.S. Coast guard photo
LAKE ERIE -- Seaman Christopher Waters of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay gripes down an aid to navigation during Operation Fall Retrieve, November 09, 2009. Bristol Bay, along with its 120-foot ATON barge, is ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Abbie Burgess makes a stop in Buffalo,
Coast Guard Cutter Abbie Burgess makes a stop in Buffalo, New York, on Nov. 20, 2018. Abbie Burgess departed Rockland, Maine, on Nov. 5, 2018, to support District Nine in Operation Fall Retrieve. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
A crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay
A crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay supervises the retrieval of a seasonal buoy in Cleveland Harbor to replace it with an ice buoy, November 28, 2017. Every fall the Coast Guard replaces seasona... More