Crewmembers aboard the Cutter JAMES RANKIN unhook a buoy from chains of the cutter's crane. The cutter is homeported at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md. Its crew was engaged in the process of exchanging summer buoys for seasonal winter buoys in the Chesapeake Bay area. The work of servicing aids to navigation such as buoys is part of the Marine Transportation System. On an average day, the Coast Guard services 45 buoys and fixed aids to navigation. US Coast Guard Art Program 2023 Collection, Ob Id # 202321, Unhooked, Debra Keirce, oil, 12x16.
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