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Life Boat Training
Students and teachers aboard a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) from the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School conduct surf training near the North Head Lighthouse,Ilwaco, Washington during the winter of 2023. The Lifeboat is the Coast Guard’s primary vessel for transiting heavy surf conditions and battling rough seas. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier)
Oh buoy! A nice place in the sun
Among their many duties, the Coast Guard is responsible for maintaining a nationwide network of maritime navigational aids. “These aids to navigation, or ATONs, include about 50,000 lighthouses, beacons and buoys marking more than 25,000 miles of navigable channels and 95,000 miles of shoreline in the United States and its territories,” a spokesperson from the Department of Defense said. “Some of these aids are brand-new, while others are more than 100 years old.” This #2 whistle buoy is in Ventura Harbor, California, looks like a popular spot among the local sea life.(U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Buffalo Light During the Eclipse
Longtime Lighthouse Digest subscribers Tony and Alma Pasek were in Buffalo, New York for the recent total solar eclipse. Here is a photograph that Alma took as the lights started to begin to react to the darkening skies and the lighthouse during totality.
Halfway Rock Light’s Partial Eclipse
With only 97% coverage in the southern coastal area of Maine, shown here is the Halfway Rock Lighthouse in Casco Bay during the solar eclipse in April. (Photo by Ford Reiche)
The Coast Guard Assists
A Coast Guard buoy tender and helicopter are seen near wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge collapsed when it was struck by a tanker in the early morning hours of March 28, 2024. (Courtesy Jerry Jackson)
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909), Feb. 8, in the North Pacific Ocean. Campbell is a 270-foot, Famous-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are counter-narcotics, migrant interdiction, living marine resources protection, and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Coby R. Francis)
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