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
An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard
An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., conducts hoist training operations with the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay Feb. 5, 2014. Despite a record season for i... More
Ice-breaking tug, US Coast Guard Photo
LAURENTIAN CHANNEL- The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay, from Rockland, Maine, transits through an ice field off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, March 17. The crew of the 140-foot ice-breaking tug is ... More
Seaman James Becker uses a butane torch to melt ice
Seaman James Becker uses a butane torch to melt ice around a bolt on the jack staff of the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, Jan. 9, 2015. The crew of the Neah Ba... More
Biscayne Bay change of command - Public domain photogrpaph
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Rear Adm. Michael Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District, congratulates Lt. Matthew Walter after he presented Walter with a Coast Guard Commendation Medal for outstanding achieveme... More
Ice-breaking tug, US Coast Guard Photo
LAURENTIAN CHANNEL- The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay, from Rockland, Maine, transits through an ice field off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, March 17. The crew of the 140-foot ice-breaking tug is ... More
Biscayne Bay change of command
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Rear Adm. Michael Parks (center), commander of the 9th Coast Guard District, presents Lt. Thomas Przybyla (left) and Lt. Matthew Walter after he presided over the change-of-command ceremony ... More
USCGC Bristol Bay removes NOAA buoy
Seaman Charles Padroni and Seaman Brendan Kelly prepare a NOAA weather buoy to be hoisted to another position on an aids-to-navigation barge attached to the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaki... More
lube oil testing aboard USCGC Bristol Bay
Fireman Alex Berggren checks the lube oil levels aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, while underway in the Detroit River, Nov. 26, 2012. Checking the lube oil levels is one o... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducts
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducts a direct assist of the motor vessel Calumet, stuck in the Straits of Mackinac at sunset Feb. 4, 2014. Across the Great Lakes region, Coast Guard ice-breaking c... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking
The Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, sits in ice at its mooring station prior to getting underway to break ice in western Lake Erie, Jan. 9, 2015. The crew of th... More
USCGC Bristol Bay removes NOAA buoy
Seaman Julian Pedraza and Seaman Christian Wilson loosen bolts on the bottom of a NOAA weather buoy in preparation to secure the buoy to the deck of an aids-to-navigation barge connected to the Coast Guard Cutt... More
Seaman James Becker works to loosen a frozen bolt on
Seaman James Becker works to loosen a frozen bolt on the jack staff of the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, Jan. 9, 2015. The crew of the Neah Bay was preparing ... More
Seaman James Becker works to loosen a frozen bolt on
Seaman James Becker works to loosen a frozen bolt on the jack staff of the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, Jan. 9, 2015. The crew of the Neah Bay was preparing ... More
USCGC Bristol Bay removes NOAA buoy
Seaman Charles Padroni and Seaman Brendan Kelly prepare a NOAA weather buoy to be hoisted to another position on an aids-to-navigation barge attached to the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaki... More
USCGC Bristol Bay removes NOAA buoy
The deck force aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, prepares to secure a NOAA weather buoy to the deck of the aids-to-navigation barge connected to the cutter, Nov. 26, 2012. ... More
Friends and family of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter
Friends and family of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay eat dinner aboard the 140-foot ice-breaking tug before a fireworks show in Detroit, June 23, 2014. The Bristol Bay Hosted friends and family ... More
USCGC Bristol Bay conducts fire drill
Fireman Julian Pedraza helps Seaman Jordan Wooten get dressed out in fire fighting gear during a fire drill aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, while underway in Lake Erie, N... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay escorts the
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay escorts the motor vessel Algo Steel through the Straits of Mackinac Feb. 7, 2014. Across the Great Lakes region, Coast Guard ice-breaking crews logged nearly four times... More
USCGC Bristol Bay conducts fire drill
Fireman Jordan Wooten reaches down to grab a fire hose during a fire drill aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, while underway on Lake Erie, Nov. 26, 2012. The fire drill was ... More
Friends and family of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter
Friends and family of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay observe a fireworks show in Detroit, June 23, 2014. The Bristol Bay Hosted friends and family while also serving as a security perimeter in t... More
Seaman James Becker uses a butane torch to melt ice
Seaman James Becker uses a butane torch to melt ice around a bolt on the jack staff of the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, Jan. 9, 2015. The crew of the Neah Ba... More