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13th Coast Guard District

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News Release

Date: Sept. 22, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Tara A. Molle
(206) 220-7237 

Buoy bound

- Photos available - 

PACIFIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Erwood pressure washes windows on board the buoy deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009. The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

PACIFIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Arwood pressure washes windows on board the buoy deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009.

The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

PACIFIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Erwood operates the buoy crane on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009. The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo\Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle

PACIFIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Arwood operates the buoy crane on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009.

The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

PACIFIC OCEAN - Crewmembers gripe down a buoy on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009. The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

PACIFIC OCEAN - Crewmembers gripe down a buoy on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009.

The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

PACIFIC OCEAN - Seaman Daniel Beekman gives hand signals to the crane operator while Chief Petty Officer Mike Love oversees on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009. The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle

PACIFIC OCEAN - Seaman Daniel Beekman gives hand signals to the crane operator while Chief Petty Officer Mike Love oversees on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009.

The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

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PACIFIC OCEAN - Seaman Daniel Beekman gives hand signals to the crane operator on board the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 21, 2009.

The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)

 

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