October 21, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Members from the Coast Guard, Navy and City of Virginia Beach are scheduled to remove a buoy Thursday that was beached along the shore of Virginia Beach following Hurricane Joaquin.
Members from the Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew, Aids to Navigation Team Hampton Roads, Amphibious Construction Battalion Two and City of Virginia Beach will work to remove green buoy number 5 at approximately 9:30 a.m. from the beach between 6th Street and 7th Street.
The buoy is 19 feet 7 inches tall, weighs approximately 6,100 pounds.
Members of the media interested in filming the removal or in interviewing members participating in the removal are requested to contact Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi at D5DE@uscg.mil.