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Photo Release

Date: Oct. 16, 2008
Contact: PA2 Shawn Eggert
Phone: (206) 220-7237 

Remote station keeps aids-to-navigation up and running

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In this image released by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer David Martin and Chief Gary Hurdle climb into an Aids to Navigation platform on the Columbia River in Kennewick, Wash., in order to replace a 155mm ATON lamp with an experimental CR-LED lamp. The new lamps are self-contained and require no additional wiring or external power sources. "The system is all based on LED, Light Emitting Diodes," said Chief Gary Hurdle, Officer in Charge of ANT Kennewick. "They're supposedly more efficient, and more reliable. That's what the testing hopes to prove, anyway." (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer Second Class Shawn Eggert)

In this image released by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer David Martin and Chief Gary Hurdle climb into an Aids to Navigation platform on the Columbia River in Kennewick, Wash., in order to replace a 155mm ATON lamp with an experimental CR-LED lamp. The new lamps are self-contained and require no additional wiring or external power sources. "The system is all based on LED, Light Emitting Diodes," said Chief Gary Hurdle, Officer in Charge of ANT Kennewick. "They're supposedly more efficient, and more reliable. That's what the testing hopes to prove, anyway."  (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer Second Class Shawn Eggert)

In this image released by the Coast Guard, Seaman Aaron Grammatico, and Petty Officer David Martin lower a battery to Chief Gary Hurdle from an Aids to Navigation platform on the Columbia River in Kennewick, Wash. Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick is replacing the old 155mm ATON lamp from the platform with an experimental CR-LED lamp. The new lamps are self-contained and require no additional wiring or external power sources. The system is all based on LED, Light Emitting Diodes," said Chief Gary Hurdle, Officer in Charge of ANT Kennewick. "They're supposedly more efficient, and more reliable. That's what the testing hopes to prove, anyway." (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer Second Class Shawn Eggert)

In this image released by the Coast Guard, Seaman Aaron Grammatico, and Petty Officer David Martin lower a battery to Chief Gary Hurdle from an Aids to Navigation platform on the Columbia River in Kennewick, Wash. Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick is replacing the old 155mm ATON lamp from the platform with an experimental CR-LED lamp. The new lamps are self-contained and require no additional wiring or external power sources. The system is all based on LED, Light Emitting Diodes," said Chief Gary Hurdle, Officer in Charge of ANT Kennewick. "They're supposedly more efficient, and more reliable. That's what the testing hopes to prove, anyway." (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer Second Class Shawn Eggert)

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