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    Coast Guard removes navigation hazards from New Jersey ICW [Image 3 of 5]

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    A marine salvage or underwater recovery operation is underway on a work barge in open water. Workers wearing hard hats and life vests are operating a yellow A-frame gantry crane to lift a heavily encrusted, dark object from the water. The recovered object appears to be a navigational buoy or similar marine structure covered in marine growth, suspended by rigging cables.

    CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES

    07.19.2019

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    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters     

    Aids to Navigation Team Cape May crewmembers use the A frame on a stern loading utility boat (BUSL) to hoist a damaged channel marker from the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Elijah B. Reynolds.

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    Date Taken: 07.19.2019
    Date Posted: 12.09.2019 14:53
    Photo ID: 5966067
    VIRIN: 191209-G-ZZ999-005
    Resolution: 480x640
    Size: 129.31 KB
    Location: CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, US
    Hometown: CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, US
    Hometown: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US
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    An underwater diver in full diving gear is performing what appears to be underwater cutting or welding work on a heavily fouled structure covered in marine growth. The diver is holding a tool that is producing a bright flame or arc of light directed at the biofouled surface above them. The water has a greenish tint with moderate visibility, and the structure overhead is densely covered with mussels, barnacles, or similar marine organisms.
    A USCG (United States Coast Guard) diver is photographed underwater, viewed from behind, working on a heavily marine-growth-covered structure. The diver is equipped with specialized diving gear including a metallic backplate or rebreather unit marked 'USCG'. The image captures an active underwater inspection or maintenance operation.
    A marine salvage or underwater recovery operation is underway on a work barge in open water. Workers wearing hard hats and life vests are operating a yellow A-frame gantry crane to lift a heavily encrusted, dark object from the water. The recovered object appears to be a navigational buoy or similar marine structure covered in marine growth, suspended by rigging cables.
    Workers on a marine work barge are using a crane to lift a heavily encrusted object from the water, covered in marine growth including barnacles and organisms. Three workers wearing hard hats and life vests are visible on the deck, with one observing through binoculars. A coastal town with residential buildings and a water tower is visible in the background across the waterway.
    A U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender vessel (hull number 49407) is actively working on the water, servicing or repositioning a navigational buoy marked with the number 4. Several crew members in high-visibility safety gear are visible on the working deck, operating crane equipment. The vessel displays the distinctive USCG diagonal racing stripe and flies an American flag from its mast.

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    Aids to Navigation Team Cape May
    New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
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