GALVESTON,Texas - Petty Officer Ed Botting of Aids to Navigation Team, Galveston pilots a fork lift through the Buoy Yard here Sept. 17, 2008, carrying wood that will be used to rebuild one of about 20 ranges that were damaged by Hurricane Ike. (Photo by Petty Officer Patrick Kelly)More than 90 percent of the buoys and ranges in the Houston Ship Channel were damaged or destroyed by the storm and Sector Field Office Galveston was turned into the largest buoy yard in the Coast Guard.
More than 10 Coast Guard Cutters were dispatched to Sector Field Office Galveston to repair the ship channel and re-open the port as quickly as possible.
Earlier this month I sent out an ALCOAST recognizing the efforts of Team Coast Guard in responding to Hurricane Ike and other storms. The ATON recovery mission was just one aspect, but I thought it would be good to shine a little spotlight on them here:
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