VIDEO: Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay retrieves buoys in Cleveland Harbor

CLEVELAND - Coast Guardsmen aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, based in Detroit, replace buoys in Cleveland Harbor Dec. 2, 2010, with smaller unlit buoys designed to better withstand damage from ice as Lake Erie freezes during the winter months. U.S., Canadian and industry partners work together to retrieve or replace about half of the lighted and unlighted buoys and beacons throughout the Great Lakes in a mission known as Operation Fall Retrieve, the largest domestic aids to navigation recovery operation in the United States.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen

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Media Note: Although Operation Fall Retrieve is 70-80% complete, there is still time to get underway to capture similiar imagery and interviews regarding this important maritime mission. Contact the Ninth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office at 216-902-6020 for more information.

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