Coast Guard cutter Hollyhock nears end of spring buoy season
Port Huron Times Herald Spring Restore, an annual U.S. Coast Guard operation where the winter buoys are swapped with their summertime counterparts, is drawing to a close. Kyle Sutschek, executive officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Hollyhock, said the buoy season has been going well for the ship and its crew. Throughout the spring, Hollyhock's crew has been completing work on lakes and waterways throughout the Midwest. This week, the ship and its crew will end the season by completing work near Ashtabula, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York. Why are the buoys swapped? When...
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