Coast Guard deck crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, a 175-foot Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender, and personnel from SeaWorld's rescue team release a female short-finned pilot whale 140 miles west of Clearwater, Florida, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The 725 lb. whale, nicknamed “Gale” by the crew of the Joshua Appleby, homeported at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, beached herself in Dixie County, Florida on July 1, 2017. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)

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