Final buoys retrieved from Lakes; Coast Guard to focus on icebreaking duties
December 27, 07 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
By MIKE FORNES | Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune
CHEBOYGAN - Buoy retrieval under the Coast Guard’s Operation Autumn Retrieve has been completed, the Ninth Coast Guard District Office in Cleveland reports, allowing cutters and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw to concentrate on icebreaking missions.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Hollyhock retrieved the last two buoys Saturday from the U.S. Great Lakes’ list of more than a thousand pulled buoys. The final buoys decommissioned are Buoy No. 1 and Buoy No. 11, located in the channel in Lake Huron Cut. They are lighted buoys that would be damaged by encroaching ice if they weren’t rotated by a more durable buoy. Their replacements are new Sabik buoys, designed to be durable enough to withstand ice yet stand out of the water just as high as the seasonal buoys.
