Coast Guard Auxiliary Protects Manatees During Annual Gasparilla Mock Pirate Invasion of Tampa from cold waters mission editor Watch Video
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Description: TAMPA BAY, Florida (Jan. 25, 2014) - Annually since 1904, with only 10 exceptions, Tampa Bay has been “invaded” by pirates. For more than 50 of those years, the U.S. Coast Guard and Auxiliary have assisted in keeping the thousands of boaters who came to watch safe. This year was no different, as the pirate ship José Gasparilla sailed into the Port of Tampa on a cold Saturday, Jan. 25, escorted by the Tampa Fire Rescue fireboat Patriot with its water cannons fully energized and trailed by an