Buoy Tender Roundup 2016
During this years Annual Buoy Tender Roundup (BTR), hosted by the Coast Guard 17th District in Juneau, Alaska, from Aug. 15-19, U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard members received specialized training in areas such as engine repair, buoy maintenance, first aid, navigation, weather observation and fisheries. Seven U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian buoy tenders, stationed throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest participated including the Coast Guard Cutters Maple, Hickory, Fir, Sycamore, Elderberry, Anthony Petit and the Canadian coast guard ship Bartlett.
To the other side of the globe and back: The Seasonal Kuskokwim Patrol of the CGC Hickory
The Kuskokwim River seasonal patrols are traditionally the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory’s most challenging and exciting trips. Our trackline takes us to the furthest extent of any United States federally marked waterway and presents us with a landscape that can truly be described as “the last real frontier.”
Coast Guard Cutter Hickory conducts overhaul on main propulsion engine
By Ens. David Parker As part of an in-port maintenance period this week, the Homer based Coast Guard Cutter Hickory conducted a top end overhaul of the port-side main propulsion engine for the first time since the cutter was commissioned […]
Alaska unit snapshot: Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore (WLB-209)
Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender located in fishing community of Cordova on the east side of Prince William Sound in South Central Alaska along the Copper River Delta. They are affectionately known as the “Keeper […]