Ball-diamond-ball, USCGC Alder conducts ATON
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, retrieve buoys in the Keweenaw Waterway near Houghton, Mich., Nov. 17, 2013. The cutter is participating in Operation Fall Retrieve, where buoys are removed for the winter. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Johnson

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