- buoy tender
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a) Someone charged in looking after buoys.b) A ship used to maintain navigational buoys.
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Buoy tender — A buoy tender is a type of vessel used to maintain and replace navigational buoys. The United States Coast Guard uses buoy tenders to accomplish one of its primary missons of maintaining all U. S. Aids to Navigation (ATON).Types of CG buoy… … Wikipedia
USCG Coastal Buoy Tender — Joshua Appleby WLM 556 USCG Coa … Wikipedia
USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender — The Seagoing Buoy Tender is a type of U.S. Coast Guard cutter originally designed to service aids to navigation, throughout the waters of the United States, and wherever U.S. shipping interests require. The Coast Guard has maintained a fleet of… … Wikipedia
USCG Inland Buoy Tender — There are two classes of USCG Inland Buoy Tenders.The 100 foot Class Inland Buoy Tenders consists of the following boats: *USCGC Bluebell (WLI 313); Portland, Oregon, (commissioned 28 Sep 1944) *USCGC Buckthorn (WLI 642); Sault Ste. Marie,… … Wikipedia
Tender — may mean:FinanceA process by which one can seek prices and terms for a particular project (such as a construction job) to be carried out under a contract. The sealed offers themselves, including company information, a project outline, and a price … Wikipedia
Sycamore Class Buoy Tender — • Displacement: 230 tons • Length: 113 9 • Beam: 26 • Draft: 5 • Speed: 10 knots • Armament: None • Complement: 1 officer, 23 enlisted • Diesel engines, twin screws, 400 hp USCGC Dogwood [WAGL 259; WLR 259] ; No caption/photo number;… … Wikipedia
Lighthouse tender — A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses, or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail and transportation. In the United States, these ships originally served as part of the Lighthouse… … Wikipedia
ANB — • Buoy Tender … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
WLB — • Buoy Tender, Seagoing … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
WLI — • Buoy Tender, Inland … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
