Coast Guard command staff from the Coast Guard 13th District and Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound converse in the Seattle Ferry Terminal, after a tour of the Washington State Ferries vessel Wenatchee, Sept. 1 2016.
One of the local Coast Guard responsibilities is to ensure the public’s safety through regulating and enforcing a 1,500-foot zone around all large passenger vessels in the Puget Sound.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.