A sign of winter – the Coast Guard buoy tender is swapping the summer aids to navigation out for winter buoys which are less likely to be grabbed by ice. Here she’s southbound near West Point.
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Final patrol of the Hudson in 2013 is underway. Keep it tuned here for photos and updates throughout Capt. John Lipscomb’s cold-weather journey from Troy to Brooklyn to end the 2013 patrol season.
A sign of winter – the Coast Guard buoy tender is swapping the summer aids to navigation out for winter buoys which are less likely to be grabbed by ice. Here she’s southbound near West Point.