Cutter Fir returns to homeport after Deepwater Horizon deployment [Image 2 of 3]

ASTORIA, OR, UNITED STATES

10.22.2010

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, returned to homeport at Coast Guard Base Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore., Oct. 22 after a four-month deployment in support of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Fir was one of eight 225-foot buoy tenders to participate in Deepwater Horizon operations along with dozens of other Coast Guard cutters from the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Fir is a multi-mission buoy tender with 52 crew members. It services 152 aids to navigation on the river bars of the Washington and Oregon coasts, and conducts law enforcement operations throughout the North Pacific. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Parker)

• Date Taken: 10.22.2010
• Date Posted: 10.22.2010 21:22
• Photo ID: 331918
• VIRIN: 101022-G-3392P-002
• Resolution: 500x333
• Size: 182.19 KB
• Location: ASTORIA, OR, US