Imagery Available: Coast Guard buoy tenders, aids to navigation team fix critical ATON discrepancies, provide hurricane relief in Florida Keys

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Coast Guard buoy tenders, aids to navigation team fix critical ATON discrepancies, provide hurricane relief in Florida Keys 

Crates of water sit aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, a 175-foot Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., which is en route to the Florida Keys to provide support and supplies for Hurricane Irma relief, Sept. 15, 2017. A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Sea-going Buoy Tender homeported in Atlantic Beach, N.C., scrapes sea-life off a navigational buoy during aids to navigation operations near Key West, Fla., Sept. 16, 2017.

   Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Sea-going Buoy Tender homeported in Atlantic Beach, N.C., lifts a buoy out of the water near the Port of Key West, Fla., Sept. 16, 2017. The Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, a 175-foot Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., transits en route to the Florida Keys to conduct critical aids to navigation discrepancies and provide support and supplies for Hurricane Irma relief, Sept. 15, 2017.

Fireman Garret McCorkle and Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Fox work a buoy needing replacement from Hurricane Irma generated winds and waves, Sept. 16, 2017. Fireman Garret McCorkle and Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Fox work on a day board needing replacement from Hurricane Irma generated winds and waves, Sept. 16, 2017.  

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Two Coast Guard buoy tenders have identified and fixed all discrepancies of 42 critical aids to navigation in and around the Florida Keys.

The Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, a 175-foot Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Sea-going Buoy Tender homeported in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina are also in the Florida Keys delivering relief supplies on top of their ATON mission.

The Florida Keys have more than 500 navigational aids, both floating and stationary in the Keys, some of which were damaged or moved off station due to the effects of Hurricane Irma.

ATON Key West personnel have begun replacing dayboards, mid-channel markers and smaller aids in the Keys.

ATON can provide a boater with the same type of information drivers get from street signs, stop signals, road barriers, detours and traffic lights. These aids range from lighthouses, to minor lights, day beacons, range lights and sound signals, to lighted or unlighted buoys.

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IMPORTANT LINKS

U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Irma Response News

FEMA Hurricane Irma Resources

Official U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Irma video and imagery