Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin Jewell of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak, and Sgt. 1st Class Chris Richards of the Connecticut National Guard prepare a 12,000-pound beached buoy to be lifted by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, near Chatham, Massachusetts. The buoy was brought offshore where it was picked up by Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, Rhode Island. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)

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