The Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity (center), a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in Mobile, Ala., steams down the Mississippi River in New Orleans to delivery King Zulu of the Krewe of Zulu, before the start of Mardi Gras Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. The Barbara Mabrity was escorted during the event by two 25-foot smallboats and crews from the Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, Ga., as well as an HH-65C rescue helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. (U. S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue)