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I spent some time at the Cleveland 9th District USCG facility today.................
" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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.......on business and I took some pictures of the deck of the cutter Neah
Bay and the fleet of 5 rescue boats.
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9th District USCG Station http://piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?CID=443
New boats on order: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/123771/
Pic: http://piersystem.com/clients/cgd9/59771.jpg
The Neah Bay is a 140-foot Bay-class Cutter state of the art icebreakers
used primarily for domestic ice breaking duties.
Length: 140 feet
Beam: 37.5 feet
Displacement: 662 tons
Power plant: Two diesel engines
http://www.cg-tugs.org/neah_bay.htm
Pic link edited to http://piersystem.com/clients/cgd9/59771.jpg
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