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Tugboats and Rescue Vessels

Images of various tugboats and rescue vessels at sea, illustrating maritime safety and assistance operations.

Crew members aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) conduct training in a 26-foot Over the Horizon (OTH) small boat, Atlantic Ocean, July 26, 2022. The Bear and its crew are deploying to support the Northern Atlantic Fisheries Organization, deter illegal fishing and increase maritime domain awareness in tandem with its partner nations.
Crew members aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) conduct training in a 26-foot Over the Horizon (OTH) small boat, Atlantic Ocean, July 26, 2022. The Bear and its crew are deploying to support the Northern Atlantic Fisheries Organization, deter illegal fishing and increase maritime domain awareness in tandem with its partner nations.
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US Coast Guard helicopter hovering over the water in a demo of a rescue for a sea swimmer.A view of a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft patrolling a fishery area. A fishing boat is in the background. AAVS PHOTO Contest Entry, color, Mar. 1981. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)The towing ship, Liberty, towed a recovered solid rocket booster (SRB) for the STS-5 mission to Port Canaveral, Florida. The recovered SRB would be inspected and refurbished for reuse. The Shuttle's SRB's and solid rocket motors (SRM's) are the largest ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standing nearly 150-feet high, the twin boosters provide the majority of thrust for the first two minutes of flight, about 5.8 million pounds. The requirement for reusability dictated durable materials and construction to preclude corrosion of the hardware exposed to the harsh seawater environment. The SRB contains a complete recovery subsystem that includes parachutes, beacons, lights, and tow fixture.View of a small boat slicing through the deep blue sea, leaving a frothy white wake as it carries passengers under the vast sky, Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands.Tugboat at the dock, Ephesus, TurkeyKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Photographers capture the solid rocket booster recovery ship Freedom Star, with a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-114 launch on July 26 in tow, as it makes it way through Port Canaveral to Hangar AF on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The SRBs are the largest solid propellant motors ever flown and the first designed for reuse. After a Shuttle is launched, the SRBs are jettisoned at two minutes, seven seconds into the flight. At six minutes and 44 seconds after liftoff, the spent SRBs, weighing about 165,000 lb., have slowed their descent speed to about 62 mph and splashdown takes place in a predetermined area. They are retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean by special recovery vessels and returned for refurbishment and eventual reuse on future Shuttle flights. Once at Hangar AF, the SRBs are unloaded onto a hoisting slip and mobile gantry cranes lift them onto tracked dollies where they are safed and undergo their first washing.Fishing boat on the sea, Paros, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece, EuropeTOUR BOAT taking tourists for up-close view of NIAGARA FALLS - NEW YORKTractor and molent tower on the Baltic Sea coast in Warnemünde tractor and molent tower on the Baltic Sea coast in Warnemünde.Iguazu Wasserfälle Iguazu Wasserfälle, near Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil Copyright: xZoonar.com/JensxNieswandtx 683613Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. West German customs office worker gets over at the Customsboat Albatros. 25 April 1955. Germany, Emmerich, West GermanyThe Boston Fire Department provides a water salute for the Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick (WPC-1150) during its transit through the Boston Harbor on its way to Coast guard Base Boston in Boston, Massachusetts on Sep. 29, 2022. The William Chadwick is a Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) is designed for multiple missions, including drug and migrant interdiction; ports, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; and national defense.A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of this rustic vessel about 50 miles south of Boca Chica, Florida, Oct. 1, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Oct. 5, 2022.The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew and Maritime Safety and Security Team Honolulu boarding team host 68 students from the Tasi to Table Non-Profit Organization dedicated to engaging youth on fishing methodologies, boating safety, environmental stewardship, and supporting mental health in Saipan on Dec. 11, 2022. The crew completed a local patrol off Guam and the CNMI from Nov. 28 to Dec. 7, 2022, including the first-ever 154-foot Fast Response Cutter port visit to Tinian. The objectives of this patrol support Operation Blue Pacific. They include supporting Maritime Safety and Security Team Honolulu law enforcement boardings, validating Tinian as a port of call for future U.S. Coast Guard ship visits, and conducting community engagements.Military ship in the sea, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Islands, USA060217-N-4772B-134. Base: Subic Bay Country: Philippines (PHL)DN-ST-88-06453. Base: Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Africa, Mozambique, Ihla das Rolas. Clipper Odyssey boat and sailboat on the sea of Zanj.Coast Guard Boat.Mali, Niger Inland Delta. A well laden river boat on the Niger River between Mopti and Timbuktu.A picture of the Cargo Ship Lime on the Bosphorous straitLaunch boat of the hopper dredge, Essayons, escorts command group to the vessel while operating in the Columbia River near Cathlamet, Washington on July 25, 2022.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge Essayons, operated by a merchant marine crew, was delivered to the Portland District in 1983. The Essayons helps maintain the entrance bars, rivers and harbors on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska and, in emergencies, the Mississippi River. Because of its size and dredging depth, the Essayons is particularly well-suited for dredging the larger coastal entrances and larger volume sand deposits in river channels.Canada, British Columbia, Gulf Islands. Canada Coast Guard vessel.Wildlife photographers on boat.Yellow fishing boat with flags on the beach, bordering the sea, Sopot, PolandHalifax Fire department fire boat Halifax Harbor, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Editorial Use Only)Uniescie beach on the Baltic Sea, West Pomerania, PolandFire Rescue Boat Against City Skyline From Ward's Island In Winter; Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPeople near a boat on Lake Jökulsárlón IcelandLaunch of the Mackinawbarca de pesca frente al puerto de Bares, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain.After the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge, demolition work continues on a dam built directly in the Elbe. The motor ship August the Strong turns in front of the bridge, as the passage on the Elbe is closed. Dresden, Saxony, Germany, EuropeRettungsbootliegeplatz in Horumersiel Rettungsbootliegeplatz in Horumersiel Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 9123001Kroatien Hafenansicht von Split *** Croatia Port view from Split 1130200687Houston Police Department personnel arrest the captain of an illegal charter operation as part of a Coast Guard and partner agency joint operation and investigation on Clear Lake in Kemah, Texas, May 18, 2022. Coast Guard Investigative Service personnel investigated the vessel for a possible violation of a Captain of the Port Order and the captain and crew member were arrested due to the unlicensed sales of alcoholic beverages. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)US: Oregon, Columbia River Basin, Port of Arlington, barge and tug moving down Columbia River (Editorial Usage Only)Car ferry, harbour, Friedrichshafen, Lake of Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyBlue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) near whale watching boat, Skjalfandi, northern IcelandRiverboat on the Congo river, DR CongoIlluminated white and blue sun deck of a ferry at nighttimeThe Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick (WPC-1150) transits through the Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 13, 2022. The Coast guard's newest cutter was accepted by the Coast Guard on August 4, and will be the first of six Fast Response Cutters homeported in Boston.Middle East Turkey and city of Istanbul Local Ferry with passengers crossing the BosphorusDN-SC-85-01067. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Ferry in the sea, Miami, Florida, USAUSA, WA, Seattle. Coast Guard Patrol Boat (Editorial Usage Only)A starboard view of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship FERREL at port. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Dokkum Class (1955-1996) flotilla coastal sweeps with some of the scoops of the Van Straelen Class (1960-1983).Bridge on Pelagian liveaboard, Wakatobi Dive Resort, Sulawesi, Indonesia, AsiaMaintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station New Orleans - 26-HK-192-145. Hurricane KatrinaFire drill of the Bonn fire brigade, a fire fighting boat with 3 fountains, accompanied by a smaller fire fighting boat, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, EuropePetty Officer 2nd Class Micheal Rhue , a Marine Science Technician at Coast Guard Sector-Maryland National Capital Region, works with a crew member aboard the Auto Eco to check for pyrotechnic visual distress signals on the ships emergency lifeboat during an inspection, Aug. 18,2022 at the Port of Baltimore. The Auto Eco is required to have a maintained emergency lifeboat in case an emergency requires the crew to quickly abandon the vessel and pyrotechnic visual distress signals provide the ability to signal for assistance if necesarry.Decorated boat motors past during the Blessing of the Fleet festival at Kemah boardwalk, Texas, USA.Faial, Azores, Portugal. Pico-Faial ferry dock in Horta.Personnel from Global Diving and Salvage conduct operations to remove pollution threats from the ferry vessel Tourist No. 2 in Astoria, Oregon, Aug. 4, 2022. The final disposition of the vessel will be coordinated through the Oregon Department of State lands, in conjunction with the City of Astoria and the owner.A picture of a touristic glass bottom boat in Chania