DATE: July 03, 2007 13:56:39 CST
![47-foot motor life boat](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20100603151609im_/http://www.piersystem.com/posted/425/070602_G_3885B_061.163200.jpg)
DESTIN, Fla. - Two 47-foot motor lifeboats stand moored waiting the crew’s next mission, here Saturday, June 2, 2007.
These vessels are capable of operating in heavy weather surf conditions and also capable of self-righting.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas M. Blue
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