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A Coast Guard cutter's reflection is clear in the water as it sits moored at a pier.

Cutter Reflection

The Coast Guard cutter Mellon moors at the fuel pier at U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak in Alaska, July 10, 2020. Commissioned in 1968, the Mellon stopped in Kodiak during its final patrol before its scheduled decommissioning in August.

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