USCG Cutter Willow
by Constantine Gregory
Title
USCG Cutter Willow
Artist
Constantine Gregory
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Coast Guard Cutter WILLOW in the Cape Cod Canal
May 3 2015
Ccommissioned in April 1997, The Coast Guard Cutter WILLOW is sea-going buoy tender with a state-of-the-art navigation package that integrates the ship’s propulsion and positioning systems. WILLOW is one of the most advanced cutters in the Coast Guard fleet today, and routinely conducts it's primary mission, Aids to Navigation, in some of the most challenging and dangerous waterways in New England. WILLOW is responsible for 189 aids between its homeport of Newport, Rhode Island, and Bar Harbor, Maine, and periodically provides support for the maintenance of critical offshore weather buoys operated by the National Data Buoy Center branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
In addition to its primary mission of Aids to Navigation, WILLOW conducts Maritime Homeland Security and Living Marine Resources patrols, responds to Search and Rescue cases and has the ability to perform Marine Environmental Protection in the event of a major oil spill.
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