USCGC Anthony Petit (WLM-558) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Launched in 1999, she has served her entire career maintaining navigational aids in Southeast Alaska. She is assigned to the Seventeenth Coast Guard District.
USCGC Anthony Petit
Chief Boatswain's Mate Anthony L. Petit
Buoy maintenance on Anthony Petit in 2018
The Keeper class of coastal buoy tenders consists of fourteen ships built for and operated by the United States Coast Guard. The ships were launched between 1995 and 1999 and all remain in active service. Their primary mission is to maintain thousands of aids to navigation, both buoys and land-based. Their secondary missions include marine environmental protection, search and rescue, law enforcement, and light ice-breaking.
USCGC Henry Blake, the 13th Keeper-class ship launched
USCGC Marcus Hanna breaking ice near Boston
Image: USCGC Ida Lewis in New York Harbor
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