Day Trip Aboard the USCG Cutter James Rankin

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USCGC James Rankin,
"Keeper of the Bay",
loaded up with five buoys
-- ready to leave Station
Curtis Bay outside of
Baltimore, Maryland.
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Examining a buoy before
raising it onto the deck.
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Raising a 3-1/2-ton buoy
onto the deck of the Rankin.
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Old and new channel marker
buoys on the Chesapeake Bay,
during change-out cruise:
Guess where we are?