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Coast Guard Buoy Tenders Maintain 42,000 Aids Aboard
The U S Coast Guard maintains more than 42 000 navigation aids including buoys lighthouses and fog signals to guide expanding recreational boating on the Great Lakes coasts and rivers. At New York Harbor five buoy tenders from Staten Island tend 876 buoys with on water repairs limited to bulbs and batteries. The buoy tender Arbutus replaces 160 buoys on Long Island Sound as crews prepare for the coming pleasure boating season.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
New York Harbor
New York-New Jersey-Connecticut
Staten Island
Long Island Sound