Life ring from the USCG cutter Resolute
In an average year, the U.S. Coast Guard saves more than five
thousand lives, rescues and assists more than 120,000
individuals, and saves more than $500,000,000 worth of property.
courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard
Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan
Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)