Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay participates in Partnership in Education program

KINGSTON, N.Y.-Chief Petty Officer Daniel Babcock demonstrates how to light a flare to a group of 8th grade physics students from Rippowam Cisqua School during a class field trip on board the Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay on the Hudson River Feb. 17, 2010.
Forty-five 8th grade physics students from Rippowam Cisqua School based in Bedford, N.Y., spent the day with the Sturgeon Bay crew learning about the ins and outs of a ship in preparation for designing a nuclear powered submarine for a class competition.
The Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay crew hosts students from various New York and New Jersey schools as participants in the Partnership In Education program.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis.