@capegazette: The large navigational buoys that washed ashore on Delaware’s beaches during the nor’easter in September have been removed. The operation began by removing the buoy in Dewey Beach. While it had earned the Huey, the official name for the buoy is Delaware Bay North Approach Lighted Buoy 2. It’s 26 feet, 3 and ¼ inches and 11,800 pounds in size. CH-47F Chinook helicopter lifted the buoy. It has a range of 400 nautical miles, two 60-foot rotors and can hoist more than 20,000 pounds. Go to Capegazette.com to discover more buoy removal operations from Oct. 28.

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Bopa :

Chinooks lift almost anything anywhere.

2026-10-29 13:56:09

Jody Vitek :

I had no idea those buoys could move. I thought they were anchored in some way.

2026-10-29 15:37:09

Honkeyslop :

Chinook pilots a different breed

2026-10-29 14:51:53

Lincoln🐾The Giant Schnauzer :

The scale of those things 😳

2026-10-29 15:06:06

Zachman05 :

That explains why I saw it fly over me in millsboro

2026-10-29 10:18:00

⚾️Zach⚾️ • following :

I saw it when it was here for the buoy but it didn’t have it in the picture

2026-10-29 13:53:57

Michelle :

wild

2026-10-29 13:42:35

🫟peanutbutterkelleytime🫟 :

Hearing those choppers that close would’ve sent my old man straight into a Vietnam flashback

2026-10-29 10:25:52

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