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Description: Coast Guard Island is in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda, Calif. The 67-acre island is situated in the historic Brooklyn Basin, now known as Embarcadero Cove. The Island supports a number of Coast Guard facilities and personnel, including Integrated Support Command Alameda, and the Pacific Area and Eleventh District commanders. The first National Security Cutter, Bertholf, and three other 378-foot high-endurance cutters are also homeported there.
Title: Coast Guard Island May 2009
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo ID 090514-G-5394S-055 Photo page: [1] Photo description page: [2] U.S. Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery [3]
Author: United States Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson
Permission: This image or file is a work of a United States Coast Guard service personnel or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105, USCG main privacy policy and specific privacy policy for its imagery server). English | italiano | македонски | українська | മലയാളം | +/−
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