The US Coast Guard Cutter Fir arrived in the Port of Seattle today. Launched in 2003 by the Manitowoc Company in Marinette, WI, CGC Fir is a buoy tender. Her home port is Astoria, OR.
According to the US Coast Guard, CGC Fir's primary mission is responsibility for more than 150 Federal aids to navigation (ATON) in the area from the Oregon-California Border to the Canadian border, including the Columbia River, Grays Harbor and Puget Sound. CGC Fir also coordinates with NOAA to maintain five weather buoys in the Pacific Ocean.
The 10-ton hydraulic crane on her foredeck has a 42-foot boom and is used for lifting buoys and other navigational aids to and from the ship. CGC Fir is equipped with a dynamic positioning system that keeps the ship within 10 meters of position in up to 30-knot winds and 8-foot seas.
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