Anchoring evolution [Image 11 of 15]

ASTORIA, OREGON, UNITED STATES

09.26.2012

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Seaman Robert Gregg, a member of deck department aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Astoria, Ore., tightens a turnbuckle holding the ship's anchor chain during an anchoring evolution, Sept. 26, 2012. Alert's crew is underway conducting training after a transfer season during which 40 percent of the crew was replaced by new personnel.

• Date Taken: 09.26.2012
• Date Posted: 10.24.2012 15:36
• Photo ID: 766552
• VIRIN: 120926-G-JL323-086
• Resolution: 1500x2100
• Size: 1.74 MB
• Location: ASTORIA, OREGON, US