Seaman Christopher Erickson, a buoy deck crew member aboard Coast Guard Cutter Willow, installs a clapper on a bell buoy near Block Island, R.I., on Sept. 6, 2013. The Willow, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, R.I., has an area of operations that ranges from the U.S. Canadian border to Rhode Island Sound and New York Harbor. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class MyeongHi Clegg.