The crews of the US Coast Guard Cutters Capstan, Cleat and Chock are working this winter to break ice and maintain navigable waterways from the Delaware River, through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, down to Tangier Island, Virginia.
The crew of the Baltimore-based Chock traveled to Tangier Island to break ice and aid residents.
While assisting Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, another crew was needed to take over the Sector Baltimore ice-breaking mission.
The crew of the Cleat left Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay to assist Baltimore during the Chocks’ deployment to Tangier Island.
The cutters are all 65-foot, ice-breaking tugs and are designed to break ice up to 18 inches thick.
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