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2. Buoy - Wikipedia

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   Ice marking buoys mark holes in frozen lakes and rivers so snowmobiles do not drive over the holes. Large Navigational Buoys (LNB, or Lanby buoys) are automatic buoys over 10 meters high equipped with a powerful light monitored electronically as a replacement for a lightvessel. [11] They may be marked on charts as a "Superbuoy." [12] Lateral ...

3. Charity Island (Michigan) - Wikipedia

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   The island also contains an 11-acre (0.04 km 2) pond, literally a 'lake within a lake', fed by springs. The island was named by lake mariners for its location, placed 'through the charity of God' at the entrance to Saginaw Bay midway between the city of Au Gres, Michigan and "The Thumb". The islands were not known as the Charity Islands until ...

4. USCGC Mesquite - Wikipedia

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   USCGC Mesquite (WAGL/WLB-305) was the lead ship in the Mesquite class of seagoing buoy tenders operated by the United States Coast Guard.She served in the Pacific during World War II, and spent the rest of her Coast Guard career in the Great Lakes.

5. List of United States Coast Guard cutters - Wikipedia

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   17 250' Lake-class Cutter. 18 240' Tampa-class Cutter. 19 240' Seagoing Buoy Tender Breaker ... Toggle 180' Seagoing Buoy Tenders (WLB) subsection. 32.1 Class A (Cactus)

6. USCGC Fir (WLM-212) - Wikipedia

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   In November 2007, Fir was put up for sale at an asking price $95,000. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The mailing address for the museum is in Sacramento, but the ship was physically located across the river from Rio Vista at 38°08′59″N 121°41′00″W  /  38.1498°N 121.6832°W  / 38.1498; -121.6832  ( location in 2007

7. USCGC Bramble - Wikipedia

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   During this period approximately 101 lighted buoys would be decommissioned. Then, starting in early spring as the lake ice season began to subside, Bramble started the eight-ten week "buoy commissioning" season to replace winter marks with regular buoys. Along with commissioning the buoys, there were approximately 86 unlighted aids that had to ...