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May 25th, 2017 · Comments Off on Spring restored – Coast Guard finishes buoy operations early
Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay transits Lake Superior near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore May 10, 2017, after working their final buoy of operation Spring Restore. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould)
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard completed Operation Spring Restore Tuesday, five days ahead of schedule.
Spring Restore involves the re-installment of 1,216 federal navigational...
Apr 3rd, 2017 · Comments Off on Coast Guard begins Operation Spring Restore throughout Great Lakes system
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares to moor in Detroit, March 21, 2017, in preparation for Operation Spring Restore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould.
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard aids to navigation teams throughout the Ninth Coast Guard District began restoring the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway aids to navigation system, March 28, 2017.
Slightly more than 11 percent...
Jun 16th, 2014 · Comments Off on Coast Guard completes ‘Operation Spring Restore’
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard aids to navigation teams throughout the Ninth Coast Guard District completed restoring the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway aids to navigation system, Friday, following a late start to the operation due to the extended ice season.
Operation Spring Restore involves restoring approximately 1,222 navigational aids, including lighted and unlighted buoys and beacons. Roughly...
Apr 29th, 2013 · Comments Off on Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw restores Lake Michigan buoys as part of Operation Spring Restore
Cleveland – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, a 240-foot icebreaker homeported in Cheboygan, Mich., is conducting buoy operations along western Lake Michigan as part of Operation Spring Restore.
Over the weekend the Mackinaw crew repositioned shoal buoys off the entrance to Burns Harbor, Ind. to better mark a shoal created by Hurricane Sandy that covered much of the entrance to this...
Apr 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Coast Guard nears completion of seasonal buoy replacement operation throughout Great Lakes
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is nearing completion of the mission to replace seasonal aids to navigation this week throughout the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Operation Spring Restore, an annual mission to verify and replace 1,281 aids to navigation throughout the Great Lakes region, is nearly 80% complete and almost four weeks ahead of schedule, due to an unusually light 2011/2012 ice...
Mar 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on Coast Guard replacing seasonal aids to navigation throughout Great Lakes
CLEVELAND — The 9th Coast Guard District began restoring seasonal Aids to Navigation throughout the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway March 13, 2012, following the resumption of the shipping season.
Operation Spring Restore involves the verification and placement of more than 1,270 ATON, including lighted and unlighted buoys, with an expected completion date of May 28, 2012.
Roughly half of the...
Mar 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Coast Guard begins Operation Spring Restore
USCG File Photo by Petty Officer Matthew Schofield
CLEVELAND – The Ninth Coast Guard District begins restoring the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway aids to navigation system Monday following the re-opening of the Soo Locks and St. Lawrence Seaway Friday and the resumption of the shipping season.
Operation Spring Restore involves the re-installment of approximately 1,263 navigational...
Apr 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Great Lakes Ice Season Second Toughest in Over a Decade
CLEVELAND – Ninth Coast Guard District cutters continue to break ice and maintain navigable waterways during the second toughest ice season on the Great Lakes in 11 years.
The Ninth Coast Guard District, responsible for the U.S. Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence Seaway, employs eight multi-mission cutters to break ice in the region. The Canadian Coast Guard is an integral partner in the operations...
