Deploying the bouy

Crew on the Coast Guard cutter Ranking deploys a red, white and blue buoy at the spot in the harbor where <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEHST0000419" title="Francis Scott Key" href="/topic/arts-culture/literature/francis-scott-key-PEHST0000419.topic">Francis Scott Key</a> penned the National Anthem.
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( Candus Thomson, Baltimore Sun / June 8, 2012 )

Crew on the Coast Guard cutter Ranking deploys a red, white and blue buoy at the spot in the harbor where Francis Scott Key penned the National Anthem.

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