Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations [Image 5 of 11]

ILWACO, WA, UNITED STATES

06.23.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read      

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Franzese (blue hat), a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., watches buoy 14 be pulled aboard the cutter's buoy deck during buoy operations on the Columbia River, June 23, 2016.

The crew of the Fir maintains all the floating buoys along the coastline of Oregon and southern Washington.

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: 2687809
• VIRIN: 160623-G-AW789-057
• Resolution: 5520x3680
• Size: 4.19 MB
• Location: ILWACO, WA, US
• Hometown: ASTORIA, OR, US