Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell bend the metal on a pin to permanently affix a shackle and chain to an anchor in preparation for setting a mooring buoy at Tongue Point, in Astoria, Ore., October 30, 2018. The qualified crew operate and service all the aids to navigation on the Columbia River. Coast Guard

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