SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 25, 2005)- CGC Aspen, a 126-foot buoy tender out of San Francisco, tows a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) buoy into the San Francisco Bay from San Pedro, Calif., during the buoy's first leg of a 3,900 mile journey. This buoy, which receives and transmits weather information, will be the first buoy added as part of the Alaska Expansion Project that will eventually add a total of eight additional buoys to the Bering Sea over the next five years. USCG photo by PA3 Sabrina L. Arrayan.VIRIN050225-C-8027A-002