ABOARD CGC ACACIA (March 19, 2004)?The deck crew waits at the buoy pocket as the Coast Guard Cutter Acacia approaches the next buoy. From right to left are Boatswains Mate Second Class Jack Sattler, Seaman Brandon Hudson, Seaman Lyam Shoup, Seaman Scott Wakefield, Seaman Apprentice Gregory Klampt, Seaman Apprentice Nicolas Cimarossa, Seaman Patrick McCracken, Boatswains Mate Third Class Kent Beeksma and Seaman Jimmy Allen. Acacia was in the Chicago area to check and replace buoys for the 2004 Great Lakes shipping season. Acacia is a 180-foot sea going buoy tender built in 1944 home ported in Charlevoix, Mich.
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