Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bradshaw | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 09.25.2012
SEATTLE - A Coast Guard map highlights the VTS Puget Sound area of responsibility. The AOR covers the waters south and east of the red dividing line, which includes the Puget Sound, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet and Strait of Juan de Fuca....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bradshaw | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 09.25.2012
SEATTLE - Petty Officer 1st Class Romona Mason, an operations specialist and VTS Puget Sound watchstander, monitors vessel traffic in the Strait of Juan de Fuca while on watch at VTS Puget Sound in Seattle, Sept. 11, 2012. VTS Puget Sound watchstanders monitor maritime traffic in the Puget Sound, Admiralty Inlet, Rosario Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bradshaw | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 09.25.2012
SEATTLE - A Vessel Traffic Service workstation from VTS Puget Sound, based at Pier 36 on the Seattle waterfront, displays various means used to monitor maritime traffic including Coast Guard Vessel Traffic System, Automatic Identification System, radar and closed-cicuit TV. VTS Puget Sound uses these technologies to monitor the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet and Puget......
