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Article: Buoy tender lights up channel in a whole new way.
- Article from:
- Coast Guard Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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BM2 Greg Shriver carefully steps up onto the chain, then onto the lower bars at the base of the buoy before hauling himself up to the top. Even though he is wearing a safety harness and has climbed buoys like this many times, he is still cautious when he climbs up to change out a lamp or repair a solar panel.
Shriver, who is an aids to navigation technician, is installing one of the first of many light emitting diode units that the Coast Guard is beginning to implement throughout the nation. Program managers at Coast Guard Headquarters say that by 2008, 50 percent of incandescent lights on buoys will be replaced with self-contained LED lanterns.
The LEDs ...