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Date: December 16, 2009

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Coast Guard crew conducts winter buoy replacement operations

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Members of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., work the busy buoy deck during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Aids to Navigation Team Cape May uses a 49-foot buoy utility stern loader to conduct the buoy replacement operation. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Members of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., work the busy buoy deck during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Aids to Navigation Team Cape May uses a 49-foot buoy utility stern loader to conduct the buoy replacement operation. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

 

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Yutzey, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., gives commands to the crane operator during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Aids to Navigation Team Cape May is responsible for replacing spring and summer buoys with winter buoys. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Yutzey, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., gives commands to the crane operator during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Aids to Navigation Team Cape May is responsible for replacing spring and summer buoys with winter buoys. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

 

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Seaman Tyler Fontaine, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., detaches a cable from a buoy after it was lifted out of the water during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Conducting buoy maintenance is just one of the vital missions the Coast Guard has to ensure mobility throughout waterways. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Seaman Tyler Fontaine, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., detaches a cable from a buoy after it was lifted out of the water during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Conducting buoy maintenance is just one of the vital missions the Coast Guard has to ensure mobility throughout waterways. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

 

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Seaman Caitlyn Mason, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., prepares to inspect a light bulb on top of a buoy during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Aids to Navigation Team Cape May is responsible for buoy maintenance as far south as Indian River, Del., and as far north as Shark River, N.J. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. – Seaman Caitlyn Mason, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., prepares to inspect a light bulb on top of a buoy during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Aids to Navigation Team Cape May is responsible for buoy maintenance as far south as Indian River, Del., and as far north as Shark River, N.J. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.



BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. - Seaman Sara Santos, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., scrapes barnacles off the side of a buoy during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Santos is one of 24 crewmembers attached to Aids to Navigation Team Cape May. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. - Seaman Sara Santos, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, N.J., scrapes barnacles off the side of a buoy during winter buoy replacement operations in Oyster Creek near Barnegat Light Dec. 15, 2009. Santos is one of 24 crewmembers attached to Aids to Navigation Team Cape May. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.
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