Coast Guard Cutter Oak, Connecticut National Guard team up to airlift beached buoy [Image 4 of 21]

CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES

05.09.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi            

U.S. Coast Guard District 1     

Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin Jewell of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, and Sgt. 1st Class Chris Richards of the Connecticut National Guard prepare a 12,000-pound beached buoy to be lifted by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, near Chatham, Massachusetts. The buoy was brought offshore where it was picked up by Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, Rhode Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)

• Date Taken: 05.09.2017
• Date Posted: 05.09.2017 20:32
• Photo ID: 3371767
• VIRIN: 170509-G-SI450-1041
• Resolution: 3600x2395
• Size: 2.72 MB
• Location: CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, US