Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
A Coast Guard Cutter Fir guardsman guides the crane's block before attaching it to a whistle buoy in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
A Coast Guard Cutter Fir crewmember digs into barnacles and marine growth that have clung to whistle buoy in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
A Coast Guard Cutter Fir deck supervisor gives a signal to the crane operator before deck force begins work detail on a whistle buoy in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
A Coast Guard Cutter Fir crewmember secures a whistle buoy to the deck to take the slack out of the buoy’s anchor chain in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
The deck force crewmembers, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, rig a whistle buoy in the Port of Panama so they can pull it from the ocean, clean, fix and maintain it on July 7, 2018. The Fir is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Oregon....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
Coast Guard Cutter Fir crewmembers observe the marine growth on the bottom of a whistle buoy in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
A Coast Guard Cutter Fir Chief Boatswain Mate describes their process of maintaining buoys to members of the Panama Port Authority in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.07.2018
A Coast Guard Cutter Fir crewmember power-washes marine growth off the bottom of a whistle buoy in the Port of Panama on July 7, 2018. The cutter crew regularly clears the buoys of marine growth so they float better and are more visible to vessels, this buoy was cleaned and maintained as a demo to the Panama Canal Authority....
