Cutter Fir returns to homeport after Deepwater Horizon deployment

Courtesy Photo | Chief Petty Officer David Mooney, an engineer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, greets his family at Coast Guard Base Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore., Oct. 22. Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, returned to its homeport in Astoria after a four-month deployment in support of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. 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. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Parker)  

OR, UNITED STATES

10.22.2010

Courtesy Story

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

ASTORIA, Ore. — 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, Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

Highlights of the Fir's voyage include:

- traveling more than 12,000 miles, including two transits through the Panama Canal.
- conducting maritime law enforcement operations while in the Gulf of Mexico.
- conducting operations until after the final “bottom kill” was completed.

Fir is a multi-mission buoy tender with 52 crewmembers. 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.

• Date Taken: 10.22.2010
• Date Posted: 10.22.2010 21:29
• Story ID: 58649
• Location: OR, US