Coast Guard crew services navigation buoys off Oahu
Jun 22nd, 2023 · Comments Off on Coast Guard crew services navigation buoys off Oahu
The Coast Guard Cutter Juniper crew visited Kaneohe Bay on the east side of the Island of Oahu, as part of a multi-day operation to service and maintain aids to navigation, last week.
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard Cutter Juniper crew visited Kaneohe Bay on the east side of the Island of Oahu, as part of a multi-day operation to service and maintain aids to navigation, last week.
Juniper’s trip...
Coast Guard places temporary buoys at ‘Firecracker’ Jetty
May 25th, 2023 · Comments Off on Coast Guard places temporary buoys at ‘Firecracker’ Jetty
DETROIT – In conjunction with National Safe Boating Week, and recognizing long-standing community concerns, the U.S. Coast Guard has taken decisive action to enhance safety at the ‘Firecracker’ Jetty in Lake St. Clair. The ‘Firecracker’ is a partially submerged jetty on the southeast edge of the St. Clair Flats Canal in Lake St. Clair. Three temporary ‘keep out’ buoys have been strategically...
Coast Guard sets historic Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy
May 24th, 2023 · Comments Off on Coast Guard sets historic Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in Baltimore, Maryland, set the Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy in the Patapsco River in Baltimore Harbor, May 24, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)
BALTIMORE — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin (WLM 555) set the historic Francis Scott Key Memorial...
Coast Guard rebuilds Buck Island aids to navigation tower
May 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on Coast Guard rebuilds Buck Island aids to navigation tower
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Puerto Rico working to rebuild an aids to navigation tower light on Buck Island April 21, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Petty Officer Robert Quinn)
ST THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Puerto Rico completed the rebuild of the Buck Island aids to navigation tower light just off Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sunday.
The...
Coast Guard conducts waterways analysis study of Tillamook Bay
Apr 19th, 2023 · Comments Off on Coast Guard conducts waterways analysis study of Tillamook Bay
SEATTLE — Coast Guard officials are seeking public comment while conducting a waterways analysis and management system (WAMS) review of Tillamook Bay, Ore.
The Coast Guard uses WAMS to validate the adequacy of the existing aids to navigation (ATON) system, as well as to get a better understanding of the uses of each waterway and general safety issues.
WAMS focuses on the waterway’s present ATON...
Cutter Willow completes aids to navigation mission in Puerto Rico
Oct 18th, 2022 · Comments Off on Cutter Willow completes aids to navigation mission in Puerto Rico
Petty Officer 3rd Class Vincent Wassylenko, Coast Guard Cutter Willow buoy deck supervisor (wearing yellow safety hardhat in photo), prepares to set a relief hull in Mayaguez Bay, Puerto Rico Oct. 9, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard Cutter Willow completed its scheduled aids to navigation service mission around Puerto Rico port and navigable waterways Sunday
During...
Coast Guard awards River Buoy, Inland Construction Tender contract
Oct 7th, 2022 · Comments Off on Coast Guard awards River Buoy, Inland Construction Tender contract
Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate Seal.
WASHINGTON – On Oct. 5, 2022, the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program awarded Birdon America, Inc. of Denver, Colo., an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed price contract with economic price adjustments for the detail design and construction of its river buoy and inland construction tenders.
The initial award is worth $28.49...
Coast Guard rebuilds Current Rock and Steven Cay lights
Aug 30th, 2022 · Comments Off on Coast Guard rebuilds Current Rock and Steven Cay lights
Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Aids to Navigation Team completes rebuild project of the Current Rock and Steven Cay (in photo) navigation lights in the U.S. Virgin Islands Aug. 22, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Aids to Navigation Team completed a rebuild project for the Current Rock and Steven Cay navigation lights in the U.S....
Coast Guard seeks comment on discontinuing buoy in Beaufort