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Spar Crew Keeps Coast Guard Buoy System Steady
The Spar and its crew, led by Captain Edward L. Openshaw and boom operator Joe Dunlap, maintain navigational aids from Narragansett Bay to Block Island Lightship. They replace 15-ton buoys, service Nantucket and Hens and Chickens lightships, and assist in rescues, with the ship 180 feet long and capable of 14 knots.
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Block Island
Joe Dunlap
Dunlap
Tts
Bos
Charles J Albanese
Edward L. Openshaw
Openshaw
Maine
Coast Guard
Newfoundland
Phillipines
Japan
Portsmouth
Navy
Newport
Bristol
Narragansett Bay
Buzzards Bay
Spar
Nantucket
Vineyard
Stone Horse
Woods Hole
White Sage
Trewee
Brenton Reef
Capt Openshaw
Brenton
Bos’n Albanese
Bristol Dock