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Parting Shot

BARNEGAT BAY , N . J . - While it ’ s always hard to identify the “ best day of the summer ,” being a helmsman on an Auxiliary surface patrol is certainly a contender . District 5NR Boat Crew member Dennis Narehood at the helm of an Auxiliary vessel on patrol during a glorious summer afternoon . Used as a refuge by American privateers during the American Revolutionary war , Barnegat Bay has been a longtime center for commercial fishing and a popular destination for recreational boating .
Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Joseph Giannattasio