Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations [Image 4 of 11]

ILWACO, WA, UNITED STATES

06.23.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read      

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Seaman Alex Shilling, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., replaces an LED light atop buoy 14 during buoy operations at the mouth of the Columbia River, June 23, 2016.

Buoy 14 is 35-feet tall and 9-feet wide, which is the biggest buoy size that the Coast Guard works with.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.

• Date Taken: 06.23.2016
• Date Posted: 06.24.2016 15:34
• Photo ID: 2687807
• VIRIN: 160623-G-AW789-095
• Resolution: 5520x3680
• Size: 2.55 MB
• Location: ILWACO, WA, US
• Hometown: ASTORIA, OR, US