BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston, Texas, patrols the Brownsville Ship Channel as the long line of Mexican shrimp boats exit en masse for nearly 10 hours from the Port of Brownsville Aug. 23, 2007. A total of approximately 120 boats obtained safe harbor at the port as Hurricane Dean made landfall in Mexico.
The Deployable Operations Group deployed the team to provide ports, waterways and coastal security.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Kendrick