Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Kennebec, a 160-foot construction tender home-ported in Portsmouth, Va., load steel and wooden piles onto the cutter, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, for an upcoming aids to navigation trip. The Kennebec's crew is responsible for maintaining 1,400 fixed aids to navigation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill)