Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Willow and a Station Charleston Response Boat-Medium performed aids to navigation maintenance and harbour assessment patrols in the Port of Charleston on 7 September.

Coast Guard personnel worked with the Army Corps of Engineers, South Carolina and Georgia Ports Authorities, regional pilots’ associations, and multiple port partners to rapidly reopen the ports of Charleston, Savannah, and Brunswick restoring the vital flow of commerce in the region following Hurricane Dorian.