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2. Lifebuoy - Wikipedia

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   Lifebuoy with emergency light on a cruise ship A lifebuoy floating on water. A lifebuoy or life ring, among many other names (see § Other names), is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. [1]

3. Keeper-class cutter - Wikipedia

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   As the Coast Guard planned to replace its coastal buoy tender fleet, it also needed to replace its seagoing buoy tenders. This fleet also consisted of World War II ships that had served beyond their original design life. Thus, the history of the Keeper class is entwined with the seagoing Juniper class in a number of ways. Since the Coast Guard ...

4. USCGC Oak - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB 211) is a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender; the second of her name and the eleventh of the Juniper class. Home ported in Newport, Rhode Island the "Maine Responder" maintains Aids to Navigation (ATON) along the rugged New England coastline, promoting economic security through navigation safety of the Marine Transportation System.

5. USCGC James Rankin - Wikipedia

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   USCGC James Rankin (WLM-555) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Launched in 1998, she is home-ported at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland . Her primary mission is maintaining 361 aids to navigation in Upper Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries including the Eastern Shore of Maryland , the Potomac ...

6. USCGC Harry Claiborne - Wikipedia

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   USCGC Harry Claiborne (WLM-561) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard.Launched in 1999, she is home-ported in Galveston, Texas.Her primary mission is maintaining aids to navigation between the Mexican border and the mouth of the Mississippi River.

7. Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum - Wikipedia

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   The crew of the Diktator rigged the line to their ship and prepared for the breeches buoy to be brought out to the ship. The breeches buoy is a life-ring with "britches" sewn onto the ring. The device would be placed on a hawser line and between the crew of the ship and the surfmen they would transport victims of shipwrecks from ship to shore.