Japan Coast Guard In Fog
Here’s the proud PC-16, or Patrol Boat Suzutsuki of the Japan Coast Guard coming in to port in Yokohama earlier this month. A very foggy day, the name of this vessel actually means “clear moon”, 涼月 in Japanese. She is an old ship, having been around since 1950 she was one of the first of the newly restored Coast Guard after the war, but still serving her country. Interestingly her main mission is not stealth, or she wouldn’t have been equipped with a rolling text signage board and huge loudspeakers. I saw so many wrecked coast guard vessels after the big tsunami in March, it feels good to see the ships that survived working hard!
That’s pretty harsh to try and patrol in such lousy weather conditions
At least it was a fairly warm day! (^-^)
Warm and foggy huh? that’s quite the combination
The digital signage board is so cute!
They go around telling fishermen to be careful about home fires and reminding them of the Coast Guard emergency telephone number! (^-^;)
Nothing is better than an umbrella before the rain, ne? Good to know that the government is paying close attention to the fisherman community.
They sure are. There’s also a few commercial ocean liners in that area and even an immigration control for tourists and foreign seamen. (^-^)